PM Stories
Virginia Ends Prison Gerrymandering, the Latest Chapter in a Recent Tidal Wave Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal
The Supreme Court Is Split on How to Talk About Race Leah Litman, Slate
What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like Caleb Crain, The New Yorker
Freddie Gray, Five Years Later Justine Barron, The Appeal
He Was Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years. It Wasn’t DNA Evidence That Got Him Out. Anna Clark, New Republic
The Life and Death of Jerry Givens, Virginia’s Executioner-Turned-Abolitionist Liliana Segura, The Intercept
An innocent man spent 46 years in prison. And made a plan to kill the man who framed him. Thomas Lake, CNN
‘Real People Keep Getting Re-traumatized’: The Human Cost of Binge-Watching True Crime Series Melissa Chan, Time
AM Stories
No One Deserves to Die of COVID-19 in Jail Editorial Board, New York Times
Don’t let Chicago’s federal jail become the next coronavirus hot spot Alison Siegler and Erica Zunkel, Chicago Tribune
Few Federal Prisoners Released Under COVID-19 Emergency Policies Joseph Neff and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Tracking the Spread of Coronavirus in Prisons Katie Park, Tom Meagher, and Weihua Li, The Marshall Project
Getting Off Rikers Island The Daily, New York Times
Prosecutors Ponder Their Role During Nation’s Health Crisis Ted Gest, The Crime Report
Philly jail workers want judges to release more inmates because of coronavirus Juliana Feliciano Reyes, Philadelphia Inquirer
Coronavirus Is Ready To Explode Inside Fort Dix Federal Prison, Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones Say (New Jersey) Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
Rural Jails Face ‘Disastrous Consequences’ From COVID-19: Report Nancy Bilyeau, The Crime Report
Coronavirus concerns keep man locked in prison after double-murder conviction is overturned Richard A. Webster, Washington Post
These Prisons Are Doing Mass Testing For COVID-19 – And Finding Mass Infections Cary Aspinwall and Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project
The Life of a South Central Statistic (2017) Danielle Allen, The New Yorker
‘Accused: Guilty Or Innocent?’: A&E Delivering Up-Close Look At Lives Of Those Accused Of Brutal Crimes Jake Kanter, Deadline