PM Stories
Coronavirus Death Toll from US Prisons and Jails Tops 1,000 Democracy Now!
As Covid-19 cases in prisons climb, data on race remain largely obscured Eileen Guo, STAT
As fire season bears down on thirsty California, incarcerated crews prepare to battle flames T. William Wallin, San Francisco Bay View
California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps Ryan Sabalow and Jason Pohl, Sacramento Bee
Prisoners Who Fight Wildfires in California: An Insider’s Look (2015) Eli Hager, The Marshall Project
Released felons under supervision are barred from voting. Let them be heard. (North Carolina) Henderson Hill, Raleigh News and Observer
Only Native American on Death Row Set to Be Executed on August 26 Felicia Fonseca, Time
Lezmond Mitchell’s Death Sentence Is an Affront to Navajo Sovereignty Carl Slater, New York Times
The man without a name Katya Cengel, Vox
The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea John Ismay, New York Times
AM Stories
Coronavirus pandemic didn’t curb fatal police shootings, ACLU report finds Erik Ortiz, NBC News
Three Ways to Fix Toxic Policing Scientific American
California police reform push could shift the national conversation Jeremy B. White and Alexander Nieves, Politico
What’s Blocking Police Reform? Call It ‘Blue Fragility’ Kalfani Turè and Senaida Sharif, The Crime Report
The Inevitable Trump-Police Union Synthesis Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas leaders want to freeze property tax revenues for cities that cut police budgets Juan Pablo Garnham and Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
Assault rifles and armored trucks: Illinois police agencies have obtained $4.7 million in military gear since Trump lifted Obama’s restrictions on a federal surplus program Jennifer Smith Richards and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune
Who should police the police? California struggles with civilian oversight of cops Nico Savidge, San Jose Mercury News
Portland’s Independent Police Review opens more than 40 investigations into alleged police misconduct at protests K. Rambo, The Oregonian
Lawsuits Show the High Cost of NYPD Abuse in the Bronx Jennifer Kelley, Amman Ahmad, Michael Forte, and David Acevedo, The Intercept
What ‘Defund The Police’ Means In A New York Neighborhood With High Homicide Rates and a History of Struggling for Justice Abigail Savitch-Lew, The Appeal
Officers Involved In Notorious Wrongful Conviction Aren’t On Prosecutor’s Do-Not-Call List Kira Lerner, The Appeal
Cops Who Charged Civil Rights Leaders With Felonies Try To Sideline Progressive Prosecutor Ryan J. Reilly, HuffPost
A police officer killed my father 27 years ago and went unpunished. It changed my life forever. Montinique Monroe, Vox