PM Stories
How COVID-19 Exposes America’s Addiction to Incarceration Erin Haney and Arthur Rizer, The Crime Report
Southern California Jails Have Become COVID Superspreaders Laura Thompson, Mother Jones
‘I’m scared every day’: Correctional officers, inmates say Texas prisons botched COVID-19 response Tanya Eiserer and Jason Trahan, WFAA
Oregon faces precarious legal position as COVID-19 in prisons lawsuit proceeds Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting
The biggest coronavirus outbreak in Alaska is unfolding in a prison. Will the incarcerated be prioritized for vaccines? Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News
Federal prisons to prioritize staffers for COVID-19 vaccine and give to inmates when more doses are available Clare Hymes, CBS News
Advocates Call For Changes In Prisons To Reduce Inmates’ Exposure To Coronavirus Nomin Ujiyediin, NPR
“No Choice but to Do It”: Why Women Go to Prison Justine van der Leun, New Republic
Is the Legal System an Effective Solution to Domestic Violence? Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times
With a woman in prison for a stillbirth, California’s murder law is tested Alex Wigglesworth, San Diego Union-Tribune
Anatomy of a Crime Lab: Winning Convictions ‘On the Cheap’ Matthew Nesvet, The Crime Report
False Conviction Daniel Epstein and David Epstein, Slate
How Trump Made a Tiny Christian College the Nation’s Biggest Prison Educator Eli Hager, The Marshall Project
2020 Was Full Of High Profile Crimes By The Rich, The Powerful & The Very Strange Britni de la Cretaz, Refinery29
Portrait of a True Crime Character Jonny Auping, Fort Worth Weekly
A Prison Abolitionist Ceramics Studio Is Helping Change People’s Lives Rachel Elizabeth Jones, Hyperallergic
AM Stories
How will Barr close out his time at Justice? Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney, Politico
Bill Barr was a historically bad attorney general. His resignation shouldn’t rehabilitate him. Scott Lemieux, NBC News
Trump and Barr wrecked the Justice Department. Here are 6 ways Joe Biden can fix it. Donald Ayer, USA Today
Joe Biden’s centrist dilemma: Police groups say he’s gone too far left; activists say he hasn’t gone far enough Kristine Phillips, USA Today
Fatal Force Washington Post
For years, California police agencies have rejected almost every racial profiling complaint they received James Queally and Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration tried to block TV station from airing body camera footage of police raid on wrong home Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune
Detective Erik Kammerer Is Investigating a Police Shooting While Being Investigated for His Own Use of Force Latisha Jensen and Tess Riski, Willamette Week
The Rise and Fall of a Celebrity Police Dog Ryan Martin, The Marshall Project
Voters’ perceptions of crime continue to conflict with reality John Gramlich, Pew Research Center
Transforming Criminal-Legal System Reporting in Philadelphia Free Press
Defund the crime beat Tauhid Chappell and Mike Rispoli, Nieman Lab