Ivy Scott
@ivyscott.bsky.social
Data journalist in training, poetry fanatic, writer of many things!
Currently @ The Marshall Project, ex-Boston Globe, eternally from New York
Currently @ The Marshall Project, ex-Boston Globe, eternally from New York
There was no way to know how many people died in Missouri prisons — until now.
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
There Was No Way to Know How Many People Died in Missouri Prisons — Until Now
For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There was no way to know how many people died in Missouri prisons — until now.
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
Reposted by Ivy Scott
Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units. A first person account of what it’s like there during a heat wave [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ]
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/08/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/08/m...
I Logged One of My Hottest Days in Prison During a Missouri Heat Wave
Lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units. A first person account of what it’s like there during a heat wave [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ]
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/08/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/08/m...
Reposted by Ivy Scott
🕊️ What does it mean to be a “last responder”?
In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
@ivyscott.bsky.social
In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
@ivyscott.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🕊️ What does it mean to be a “last responder”?
In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
@ivyscott.bsky.social
In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
@ivyscott.bsky.social
Reposted by Ivy Scott
Shamari Jackson, a St. Louis mortician, came to the job after gun violence took her boyfriend’s life. In her work, she’s compassionately cared for the bodies of friends and classmates, as well as strangers [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ]
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
What Being a Mortician to Homicide Victims Taught Me About Grief
St. Louis native Shamari Jackson began studying mortuary science after her boyfriend was fatally shot. Now she uses her work as a form of therapy.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Shamari Jackson, a St. Louis mortician, came to the job after gun violence took her boyfriend’s life. In her work, she’s compassionately cared for the bodies of friends and classmates, as well as strangers [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ]
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...