By Turns Tearful and Stoic, Felicity Huffman Gets 14-Day Prison Sentence Kate Taylor, New York Times
Her Only Crime Was Helping Her Kids Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic
California Bans Private Prisons The Crime Report
Here’s Why Abolishing Private Prisons Isn’t a Silver Bullet Mia Armstrong, The Marshall Project
This Man Says His Anti-violence Plan Would Save 12,000 Lives Mark Obbie, The Atlantic
John Legend Criticizes Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Sentence: “Prisons And Jails Are Not The Answer” Anita Bennett, Deadline
When People with Intellectual Disabilities Are Punished, Parents Pay the Price Chiara Eisner, The Marshall Project
Looking to quell downtown disorder, Seattle and King County announce plan for repeat offenders Scott Greenstone, Seattle Times
Promising program helps rehabilitate inmates (Massachusetts) Karen Ross, CommonWealth Magazine
Arizona Trooper Arrested on Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping Charges Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times
Sam Mandez Resentenced, Likely to Be Released in Coming Years (Colorado) Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, Westword
The governor comes to St. Louis to talk crime and leaves the black prosecutors behind Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dateline’s Keith Morrison Is Hosting a True-Crime Podcast Maria Elena Fernandez, Vulture