PM Stories
California’s high-risk inmates to get COVID-19 vaccines Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Vaccinating Inmates Is Good For Public Health. Why Aren’t More States Doing It? NPR
Texas hasn’t said when or how inmates will receive the coronavirus vaccine Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
“Of course it feels unsafe”: Colorado prisons face staffing crisis as scores of guards, inmates catch coronavirus Allison Sherry, Colorado Sun
The National Guard Is Using Force on Prisoners After Little Training Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project
Justice Department Finds Rampant Sexual Assaults and Constitutional Violations in Country’s Largest Women’s Prison CJ Ciaramella, Reason
Out of Sight, Out of Mind Michael Barajas, Texas Observer
‘Survivors of solitary confinement’ Johnny Perez, Jack Morris, and Pamela Winn, USA Today
George Gascón’s plans to overhaul prosecutions meet early resistance from judges, others James Queally, Los Angeles Times
New York to Close Three Upstate Prisons Jimmy Vielkind, Wall Street Journal
Washington DC Bans ‘Gay-Panic’ Criminal Defense for Violent Crimes Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
Gov. Whitmer grants clemency to four Michigan prisoners Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press
The Life of Jerry Givens, a State Executioner Turned Death-Row Abolitionist Ben Proudfoot, New York Times
AM Stories
A Historic Surge in Gun Violence Compounds the Traumas of 2020 Champe Barton, Brian Freskos, and Daniel Nass, The Trace
DC’s epidemic of gun violence is a public health emergency Editorial Board, Washington Post
Qualified Immunity and the Plea for Accountability Paul Stern, Lawfare
Why ‘Terrible’ Police Training on Mental Health Leads to Unnecessary Deaths Jeffrey A. Schwartz, The Crime Report
‘Basically Cyberbullying’: How Cops Abuse Social Media to Publicly Humiliate Hope Corrigan, The Appeal
St. Louis and St. Louis County police need to change – immediately, consultants say Nassim Benchaabane, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Police weapon distributors received federal assistance, even as Portland businesses struggled Sergio Olmos, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Former police trainer speaks out about anti-Black bias Michael Barba, San Francisco Examiner
Calls Increase for NYPD Commissioner to Be Stripped of Absolute Authority Over Officer Discipline Mollie Simon and Eric Umansky, ProPublica
New Jersey AG Unveils ‘Paradigm Shift’ Barring Police Use of Force The Crime Report
NJ cops will only be able to use deadly force as an ‘absolute last resort’ under major changes to policy Blake Nelson and SP Sullivan, NJ Advance Media
My friend Jay Matthew Stanmyre, NJ Advance Media