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Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion in Latest Nationwide Data PEW
‘Much More Work To Be Done’: Advocates Call for More Action Against Private Prisons After Biden’s ‘First Step’ Executive Order Madeleine Carlisle, Time
Local Jail Populations in the US on the Rise Again, State Prison Population Declines Level Off, as COVID Spreads Throughout the Prison System Vera Institute of Justice
Inspector General: California prison transfers during coronavirus caused public health disaster at San Quentin Lisa Fernandez, KTVU
Prison officials ignored warnings before inmate transfer that led to virus outbreak, watchdog says Kim Christensen, Richard Winton, and Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
Watch How Quickly a COVID Outbreak Exploded Through a California Prison Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Thousands of people infected as overcrowded KY jails create ‘reservoirs for COVID’ John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
In lawsuit, Oregon inmates ask for immediate access to COVID-19 vaccine Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect, offering addicts rehab instead of prison Lindsay Schnell, USA Today
Kentucky Weighs Bill Restoring Felon Voting Rights The Crime Report
More Than 1,000 Open Prostitution Cases In Brooklyn Are Going To Be Wiped From The Files Otillia Steadman, BuzzFeed News
The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust Olga Khazan, The Atlantic
The Gilded Age Scott Eden, The Atavist
The Investigation Will Frustrate You (on Purpose) Kathryn VanArendonk, New York Magazine
‘Halfway Home’ Makes Case That The Formerly Incarcerated Are Never Truly Free Ericka Taylor, NPR
AM Stories
QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
How Trump’s Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat Adam Goldman, Katie Benner, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times
‘Be ready to fight’: FBI probe of US Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination of an assault Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu, and Aaron C. Davis, Washington Post
Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol Stella Cooper, Ben Decker, Anjali Singhvi, and Christiaan Triebert, New York Times
2 Proud Boys face federal conspiracy charges in Capitol riot Politico
Most Capitol Insurrectionists Got To Go Home. Prosecutors Are Now Fighting To Keep Some Behind Bars. Zoe Tillman and Ema O’Connor, BuzzFeed News
US Military and Police Won’t Say If They’re Investigating Claims of Militia Members in Their Ranks Matt Cohen, Piper McDaniel, and Dan Spinelli, Mother Jones
Houston Police Chief Tries To Blame Encryption for Failure To Uncover Far-Right Cops Scott Shackford, Reason
How the LAPD and Palantir Use Data to Justify Racist Policing Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept
They Called for Help. They’d Always Regret It. Sarah Shourd, The Atlantic
City Council Aims To “Reduce The NYPD’s Footprint” With Sweeping New Police Reforms Christopher Robbins and Yasmeen Khan, Gothamist
Virginia police task force drops use of controversial gang database Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post