Lisa Armstrong

Lisa Armstrong is an award-winning journalist with credits in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Intercept, The Daily Beast and several other publications and websites. Armstrong is an FIJ Schuster Institute Social Justice Investigative Reporting Fellow and an Associate Professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. She has reported from several countries, including Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Philippines, and reported from Haiti from 2010 to 2014. She is currently reporting on juvenile incarceration and recently published a story about minors who have been sentenced to life without parole.

InvestigationHealth, Justice

He Sewed Masks In His Prison Cell. 30 Miles Away, His Mother Was Dying Of COVID-19.

Francisco Hernandez just wanted to say goodbye.

Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 27, 2020

InvestigationHealth, Justice

Man Who Died In Sing Sing Prison Tested Positive For COVID-19

The medical examiner hasn’t announced the cause of death for a 58-year-old man who died Monday, but confirmed to HuffPost that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 1, 2020

InvestigationJustice

The Perils of Private Prison Health Care

While serving a three-year sentence in an Arizona prison that contracts with a private health care company, Mariam Abdullah was diagnosed with mental illnesses.

Lisa ArmstrongCBSNOctober 4, 2019

BackstoryHealth, Justice

The Backstory: Lisa Armstrong

Investigative journalist Lisa Armstrong talks about her reporting on solitary confinement and mental illness in prison.

Lisa ArmstrongOctober 4, 2019

InvestigationHealth, Justice

When Solitary Confinement Is A Death Sentence

Mariam Abdullah died by suicide after the teen spent much of the final two years of her life in solitary confinement.

Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostAugust 29, 2019

InvestigationJustice

Hard Time

The US is the only country that routinely sentences children to life in prison without parole.

Lisa ArmstrongThe InterceptJune 3, 2016