The funds we raise now are going to be essential to sustaining this important work. Thanks to generous readers like you, The Marshall Project has already raised just over $60,000 of our $100,000 goal during our year-end campaign. The type of reporting we practice takes persistence, skill and, above all, time, which is why we need your support. Supreme Court justices have cited us, along with incarcerated people acting as their own lawyers. Municipalities stopped charging parents for their kids’ incarceration because of our reporting. Thousands of cameras were installed in the infamous Attica prison after we revealed the extent of violent abuse by guards.
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The Marshall Project produces journalism that makes an impact. Photographer Harris Mizrahi spent time with three solo police chiefs to observe how they deal with the demands of policing on their own. Much of the time, the job can also be slow-moving, dealing with the everyday routines of small town life. You're seeing them at their worst, but you know how they are at their best too,” said Robin Daniels, the chief of police in Seldovia, Alaska, population 600. “You know everybody, and you know how they are. When you’re the only cop on the beat, the work can be challenging, especially responding to reports of burglaries or domestic violence without backup. In hundreds of small communities nationwide, there are officers who manage all of this alone-they are one-person law enforcement agencies. Police departments around the United States deal with a litany of challenges, such as limited resources, strained community relations and a growing opioid crisis. In partnership with USA Today’s Policing the USA