Pleading for Clemency in a Pandemic Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
Justice Dept. watchdog to inspect prisons amid virus spread Michael Balsamo, AP News
Will COVID-19 Produce Bail Reform? Emma Coleman, The Crime Report
Emptying Prisons to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus Will Save Lives on the Outside, Too Oliver Hinds, The Appeal
Infected, Incarcerated – and Coming to an ICU Near You? Joseph Neff and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
‘Social Distancing’ and Cops: The New Challenge for American Policing Stephen Handelman, The Crime Report
State said up to 6,000 Oregon inmates would face release to allow social distancing; Gov. Kate Brown said no Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian
Gov. Abbott’s executive order on inmate releases is unwise, unfair and unconstitutional Joe Moody, Houston Chronicle
Coronavirus is Keeping Prison Families From Saying Their Last Goodbyes Nicole Lewis and Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project
As Coronavirus Ravages New York, the NYPD is Detaining Kids for Selling Candy Alice Speri, The Intercept
The Highland Park Drug Ring Peter Simek, D Magazine
Tiger King and the Unforgiveable Sloppiness of Modern True Crime Shows Dan Schindel, Hyperallergic
HBO’s Latest True-Crime Documentary Is Driven More by Twists Than the Truth Laura Miller, Slate