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Decarceration and Crime During COVID-19 ACLU
Step Up Investigations of Prisons, Prosecutors Told Michael Gelb, The Crime Report
Inside San Quentin prison, you sit and wait until COVID-19 comes for you Joe Garcia, Washington Post
As COVID-19 Ravages California’s Death Row, the State Attorney General Fights to Keep It Packed Lara Bazelon, Slate
Why NYS is releasing so few inmates during the pandemic Natasha Haverty, NPR
‘It’s apparent that they’re failing’: As Florida inmate deaths soar, families feel dread Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald
No Masks, No Gloves, a Single Room for Sleeping – Detainees Describe Life In ICE Detention During the Pandemic Valerie Schenkman, The Intercept
Inmates witnessed a suicide attempt. They received coloring pages instead of counseling. Eileen Guo, Washington Post
Ohio’s prisons director confirms she has COVID-19 Rick Rouan, Columbus Dispatch
Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Movement To Rethink Incarceration Sarah Gonzalez, NPR
We Must Not Exchange One Cage for Another – Let’s Abolish All Forms of Prisons James Kilgore, Truthout
Less Punishment, More Justice David Cole, New York Review of Books
Black crime fiction writers are ready for change Milan Polk, Chicago Tribune
How Photographer Gordon Parks Examined the Racism Embedded in the Criminal Justice System Miss Rosen, Time
What It’s Like To Spend A Decade Hunting A Serial Killer On The Internet Amanda Whiting, Bustle
AM Stories
Trump’s Dangerous Attempt to Create a Federal Police Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker
A Judge Won’t Force Federal Officers In Portland To Identify Themselves When Making Arrests Zoe Tillman, BuzzFeed News
We’re police officers. You should know our names. That goes for Portland, too. Patrick Skinner, Washington Post
Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland Ainara Tiefenthäler, Evan Hill, Drew Jordan, Malachy Brown, and David Botti, New York Times
Feds use tear gas to try to disperse Portland protesters Gillian Flaccus and Sara Cline, USA Today
Fractured skulls, lost eyes: Police break their own rules when shooting protesters with ‘rubber bullets’ Liz Szabo, Jay Hancock, Kevin McCoy, Donovan Slack, and Dennis Wagner, USA Today
Officers Struck By Projectiles, Protesters Shot With “Nonlethal” Rounds (Los Angeles) City News Service
Dozens Arrested in Seattle as Protests Erupt Across Country Energized by Portland Clashes Daniel Politi, Slate
Top NYPD chief says cops ‘shouldn’t be afraid’ of accidentally breaking city’s anti-chokehold law because NYC district attorneys won’t prosecute Stephen Rex Brown, Rocco Parascandola, and John Annese, New York Daily News
Federal Judge Blocks Release Of NYPD Misconduct Records, Orders NYCLU To Keep Records Secret Christopher Robbins and George Joseph, Gothamist
What Can Happen When The Police Are Asked To Respond To A Mental Health Crisis In DC? Patch
The worst-case scenario Hannah Dreier, Washington Post
How Will The Black Lives Matter Movement Influence True Crime? Sarah Weinman, BuzzFeed News