PM Stories
America’s Hidden Gulag Jacob Kang-Brown and Jack Norton, New York Review of Books
“It’s Terrifying, It’s Almost Crippling”: Texas Jails and Prisons Are Freezing Over Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Inside Frigid Texas Prisons: Broken Toilets, Disgusting Food, Few Blankets Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Unprepared for COVID, Texas Women’s Prison Was Equally Unprepared for Uri Victoria Law, Truthout
Judge Denies Injunction, Won’t Force Mass. To Release Prisoners Due To Pandemic Deborah Becker, WBUR
Bail reform reduced jail populations, but racial disparities worsened Kay Dervishi, City & State New York
DPIC Special Report: The Innocence Epidemic Death Penalty Information Center
Kansas Man Dies Just Months After Exoneration of Murder Arya Hodjat, Daily Beast
The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
He’s looking forward to ‘a better everything’ Karen Heller, Washington Post
DA dropping death penalty in Whittier cop killing case Ruby Gonzales, Whittier Daily News
Whose Fault is Michael Christopher Mejia? (2018) Abbie VanSickle and Richard Winton, The Marshall Project
‘Allen v. Farrow’ and ‘Framing Britney Spears’ Offer Cultural Justice in Lieu of Criminal Justice Libby Hill, IndieWire
AM Stories
Justice Dept. Confronts Increasingly Complex Capitol Riot Inquiry Katie Benner, New York Times
US alleges wider Oath Keepers conspiracy, adds more defendants in Jan. 6 Capitol riot Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner, Washington Post
After Oath Keepers charges, could feds accuse Capitol attackers of conspiring to overthrow US government? Kevin McCoy and Kevin Johnson, USA Today
6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot Whitney Wild and Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Pennsylvania Police Officer Charged for Involvement in Capitol Riot: “No Regrets” Daniel Politi, Slate
The link from MAGA riot to white supremacy in US policing MSNBC
How George Floyd’s Death Is Pushing Minneapolis to Rethink Public Safety Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal
Chicago police showed ‘confusion and lack of coordination’ that endangered protesters, officers last May, city watchdog concludes in scathing report Dan Hinkel, Annie Sweeney, and Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune
Watchdog report: Some Chicago cops didn’t report use of force or wear body cameras during summer protests, unrest Grace Hauck, USA Today
Steps toward police reform, but a misstep on disciplinary actions Editorial Board, Seattle Times
Push and pull over Los Angeles policing hits roadways and transit Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times
More than a decade after shootings of Black suspects, feds end oversight of Miami police Charles Rabin and Joey Flechas, Miami Herald
Civilian Oversight as a Police Accountability Mechanism Brett Raffish, Lawfare