PM Stories
Hope and Chaos on the Border Elaine Shannon, Washington Monthly
Biden takes swing at immigration reform with bill on citizenship path for 11 million Molly O’Toole, Los Angeles Times
Immigration Enforcement and the Afterlife of the Slave Ship Ryan Fontanilla, Boston Review
Migrants speak of ‘inhumane’ conditions at ICE detention centers during COVID The Guardian
Ninth Circuit Grapples With Handling of COVID Risk at ICE Detention Centers Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News
Coronavirus outbreak hits immigration detainees before vaccine eligibility opens for jails in Illinois Elvia Malagón, Chicago Sun-Times
He Got COVID In Prison. The Government Said He Was ‘Recovered.’ Then He Died. Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost
Prisons Are Skimming Big Chunks of CARES Act Stimulus Checks Asher Stockler and Daniel Moritz-Rabson, The Intercept
NYS lawmakers, prison inmate advocates call for solitary confinement reform, improved COVID response Mikhaela Singleton, News10
Number of prison inmates serving life sentences continues to rise in Virginia and nationally, report finds Frank Green, Richmond Times-Dispatch
No End In Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment Ashley Nellis, The Sentencing Project
Push For Greater Arizona Prison Oversight Led By Formerly Incarcerated People, Families Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ
States make it easier to clear up criminal records Jennifer A. Kingson, Axios
California bill would decriminalize psychedelics, paving the way for medical treatment Vivian Ho, The Guardian
Short Documentary Offers Gripping Look At Racial Targeting And Cannabis Iris Dorbian, Forbes
What an Abolitionist Exhibition Looks Like in a Carceral World Catherine Damman, Frieze
AM Stories
Far-right extremists went mainstream under Trump. The Capitol attack cements his legacy. Elizabeth Neumann, USA Today
Pizzagate’s violent legacy Michael E. Miller, Washington Post
The 150-year-old Ku Klux Klan Act being used against Trump in Capitol attack Erick Trickey, Washington Post
The Librarian War Against QAnon Barbara Fisher, The Atlantic
Senate to hold first hearing on Capitol riot security failures Ursula Perano, Axios
After Capitol Riot, Local Law Enforcement Grapple With Extremists In Their Backyards Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
Law enforcement confronts an old threat: far-right extremism in the ranks Kevin Rector and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: What Biden can do about bad policing Barry Friedman and Rachel Harmon, Los Angeles Times
The ‘Culture of Violence’ Inside Austin’s Police Academy Michael Barajas, Texas Observer
Police Violence Puts the Heat on Rochester Mayor as She Seeks a Third Term Meg O’Connor, The Appeal
Appeals Court Rules Against New York Police Unions, Says Misconduct Records Can Be Released CJ Ciaramella, Reason
Protesters Urged Defunding the Police. Schools in Big Cities Are Doing It. Jill Cowan, Shawn Hubler, and Kate Taylor, New York Times
Los Angeles School District Eliminates One-Third of Its Police Officers Shawn Hubler and Kate Taylor, New York Times
California Bill That Promotes Alternatives to Policing Is Back Despite Governor’s Veto Piper French, The Appeal
How the Country’s First Latino Homicide Squad Transformed Houston Policing – At Least for a While Cat Cardenas, Texas Monthly