PM Stories
Inside The Prison Where 8 In 10 Of The Incarcerated Have Gotten Coronavirus (Ohio) Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post
Freed From Prison, Dead from COVID-19, Not Even Counted Joseph Neff and Dan Kane, The Marshall Project
They’ve been granted parole. So why can it take years for them to get out of prison? Jenifer B. McKim, Boston Globe
As COVID-19 flares behind bars, now’s not the time for more Terre Haute executions Nina T. Harawa, Indianapolis Star
With ‘judges judging judges,’ rogues on the bench have little to fear Michael Berens and John Shiffman, Reuters
Want to Reform the Criminal Justice System? Focus on Prosecutors Joyce White Vance, Time
New Initiative to Focus on Prosecutors and Race The Crime Report
What the ‘black-on-black crime’ fallacy misses about race and gun deaths Shirley Carswell, Washington Post
How ICE Exported the Coronavirus Emily Kassie and Barbara Marcolini, The Marshall Project
It’s Time to Create a Right to an Immigration Attorney Bill Ong Hing, Slate
Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma Jack Healy and Adam Liptak, New York Times
Neil Gorsuch Affirms That Treaties With Tribal Nations Are the Law Nick Martin, New Republic
Who Owns Oklahoma? (2018) Garrett Epps, The Atlantic
‘Million Book Project’ to bring literature to 1,000 US prisons Sarah Calams, CorrectionsOne
Incarcerated Artists Are Making Some of Today’s Most Important Art. A Powerful New Book Explains Why. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews
Q&A: Oakland Architect Deanna Van Buren Is Building a World Without Prisons Violet Rawlings, Ms. Magazine
AM Stories
New Transcripts Detail Last Moments for George Floyd Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Kim Barker, New York Times
Trump has tried to claim Democrats want to eliminate police. Americans aren’t buying it. Philip Bump, Washington Post
The Deep Roots – and New Offshoots – of ‘Abolish the Police’ Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna, Politico Magazine
Abolition Isn’t Only About Police Rosie Gillies, Boston Review
Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? (2013) Paul Tullis, New York Times Magazine
Reform vs. Rebuild: Defunding Law Enforcement in Texas Michael Barajas, Texas Observer
Clout of Minneapolis Police Union Boss Reflects National Trend Douglas Belkin, Kris Maher, and Deanna Paul, Wall Street Journal
De Blasio holds off approving police reform legislation following outrage from NYPD brass Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News
State Attorney General Calls for Stripping NYPD Control From Mayor Ali Watkins, New York Times
Ending police violence begins with cutting Pentagon money, militarization program Wayne McElrath and Mandy Smithberger, USA Today
Rifles, mine-resistant vehicles, robots: How Colorado police have used a federal program to stockpile military gear John Ingold, Colorado Sun
Only Policing Probe Launched By Trump DOJ Finds ‘Routine’ Excessive Force, Lying Ryan J. Reilly, Huffington Post
Don’t overlook one of the most brutal and unnecessary parts of policing: Police dogs Christy E. Lopez, Washington Post
Study Finds ‘Persistent’ Racial Bias in Police Traffic Stops and Searches Michael Gelb, The Crime Report
The Nation’s First Reparations Package to Survivors of Police Torture Included a Public Memorial. Survivors Are Still Waiting. Logan Jaffe, ProPublica