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COVID-19 Killed My Husband in Jail. So Did Democrats’ Indifference. Cassandra Greer-Lee, Current Affairs
Prisons contribute to racial imbalance in COVID-19 impact in NC Jordan Wilkie, Carolina Public Press
NC claims fewer prisoners died of COVID than documents show. Why does that matter? Hannah Critchfield, North Carolina Health News
COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate Vanessa Swales, Cap Times
Mental health crisis feared in Colorado jails and prisons due to COVID-19 lockdowns Moe Clark, Colorado Newsline
When The Prison Banned Board Games, We Played Chess In Our Minds Harlin Pierce, The Marshall Project
The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left a Pa. prison after 68 years Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
‘They don’t deserve to die in prison’: Gov. Wolf grants clemency to 13 lifers Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
Broad coalition recommends emergency detention improvements Scott Bauer, Journal Times
Major Criminal Justice Overhaul Proposed By DC Task Force Mark Hand, Patch
How did the changing architecture of jails reflect prison reform in St. Louis? Chris Naffziger, St. Louis Magazine
A photographer and a prisoner ruminate on life’s limitations in ‘The Parameters of Our Cage’ Kenneth Dickerman, Washington Post
In ‘Crime Scene,’ Joe Berlinger Investigates True-Crime Obsession Chris Vognar, New York Times
Netflix’s “Crime Scene” Elisa Lam Doc Takes On Internet Sleuths Alessa Dominguez, BuzzFeed News
AM Stories
Trumpism Is Violence David Frum, The Atlantic
When Trump started his speech before the Capitol riot, talk on Parler turned to civil war Aleszu Bajak, Jessica Guynn, and Mitchell Thorson, USA Today
Oath Keepers Plotting Before Capitol Riot Awaited ‘Direction’ From Trump, Prosecutors Say Alan Feuer, New York Times
More Proud Boys Arrested on Capitol-Riot Conspiracy Charges Khadeeja Safdar and Aruna Viswanatha, Wall Street Journal
Former FBI official, a Navy veteran, is ‘key figure’ in Jan. 6 riot, prosecutors allege Rachel Weiner and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Signs Military ‘Stand Down’ Memo To Address Extremism Jason Slotkin, NPR
Legislatures divided over response to calls for social justice and police reform Deon J. Hampton, NBC News
Policing by the Numbers Council on Criminal Justice
Percentage of Government Spending on Police Unchanged in 40 Years: Study Isidoro Rodriguez, The Crime Report
No indictment for two Buffalo police officers charged for pushing 75-year-old protester Maki Becker, Patrick Lakamp, and Harold McNeil, Buffalo News
Summer of Violent Policing Means More Federal Review for Portland Police Karina Brown, Courthouse News
The City Where Police Unleash Dogs On Black Teens Bryn Stole and Grace Toohey, The Marshall Project
US Marshals Act Like Local Police With More Violence and Less Accountability Simone Weichselbaum, Sachi McClendon, and Uriel J. Garcia, The Marshall Project/USA Today