Innocent Prisoners Are Going to Die of the Coronavirus Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic
Coronavirus Restrictions Stoke Tensions in Lock-ups Across US Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Cuomo’s Bail Reform Reversal Risks Explosive Coronavirus Spread in Jails Jonathan Ben-Menachem, Slate
Top doctor at Rikers Island calls the jail a ‘public health disaster unfolding before our eyes’ Meagan Flynn, Washington Post
New Orleans police are jailing people for minor offenses even as the city becomes a covid-19 hotspot Richard A. Webster, Emma Brown, and Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post
The Coronavirus Has Spread to the US Marshals’ Detention Empire Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones
Inmates’ attorneys challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning some jail releases, say it’s unconstitutional Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
After the COVID-19 Release of Prisoners, Who Will Help Them? Tyrone Walker, The Crime Report
Policing and the English Language Patrick Blanchfield, New Republic
Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison-Reform Machine Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times
Lockdown while locked up Today Explained