PM Stories
Americans’ Faith in Law Is at Stake in the DACA Case H. Lee Sarokin, The Atlantic
Striking down DACA would thwart America’s pandemic response Priscilla Chan and Sam Hawgood, Stat
The Carceral Kings of New York Ross Barkan, The Appeal
Ninth Circuit Again Rejects Lezmond Mitchell Challenges to Death Penalty, but Two Judges Question the Punishment Matthew Fletcher, Turtle Talk
The Navajo Nation Opposed His Execution. The US Plans to Do It Anyway. (2019) Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project
Philadelphia Juvenile Lifer Program Lowers Rearrests, Saves $9.5M The Crime Report
The Hollywood Vigilante Erika Hayasaki, Marie Claire
Murder to Mercy: What you didn’t see in the Netflix documentary about Cyntoia Brown Rosy Cordero, Entertainment Weekly
AM Stories
8 of The Top 10 Biggest US Coronavirus Hotspots Are Prisons and Jails CJ Ciaramella, Reason
More than 1,500 federal prisoners now have COVID-19 as officials expand testing Kristine Phillips, USA Today
ACLU Presses Prisons for Coronavirus Infection Data Laura Kusisto and Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal
Terminal Island prison inmates have worst coronavirus outbreak in federal system (California) Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Wild swing in coronavirus numbers reported at Chicago’s federal jail goes unexplained, leaves lawyers skeptical Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune
Positive Test Rates For COVID-19 Are As High As 87% At Some Michigan Prisons Tom Perkins, Huffington Post
Voices from Rikers: Behind Bars as Coronavirus Spreads Courtney Gross, NY1
‘Outdated, unsafe, unfair’: coronavirus renews battle over California’s cash bail system Vivian Ho, The Guardian
So Much for The Great California Bail Celebration (2018) Abbie Vansickle, The Marshall Project
Is the Coronavirus Really a Biological Weapon? Carissa Byrne Hessick, Slate
How Restoring Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students Can Help Post-COVID Revival Jesse Kelley, The Crime Report
Confessions of a PPE Smuggler Sarah Wang, New Republic