PM Stories
The Fight To Transform Criminal Justice Ayesha Rascoe, Andrea Gutierrez, Liam McBain, and Jordana Hochman, NPR
Virginia is about to abolish the death penalty. It was a long, surprising road to get there. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post
Bills to Set Bail at $0 in California Pass Initial Hurdles Maria Dinzeo, Courthouse News
Utah’s Hard-Won Bail Reforms Are In Jeopardy Rachel M. Cohen, The Appeal
‘Treat them as humans’: Advocates lobby senators for prison reform Christian Boone, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dragging state prisons into the 21st century Editorial Board, Boston Globe
Vaccine Hesitancy Among Guards and Inmates Could Threaten State Prisons Keaton Ross, Oklahoma Watch
Dozens killed by COVID-19 in KY prisons. Only half of prison staff seek vaccine. John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
Oregon’s Prison Guards Called COVID-19 the “Plandemic” and Spread Vaccine Myths to Inmates, Lawyers Say Tess Riski, Willamette Week
How Prisoners Feel About Getting Vaccinated Nicole Lewis, Slate
Writing from their prison cells, the incarcerated submit testimony about their time in solitary confinement Kelan Lyons, Connecticut Mirror
How Sara Gruen Lost Her Life Abbott Kahler, New York Magazine
‘John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise’: The killer speaks in the definitive history of a Chicago horror Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
How Oakland architect Deanna Van Buren’s passion for restorative justice manifests in her work Donna M. Owens, NBC News
AM Stories
A Guide to Understanding Mass Shootings in America The Trace
10 dead in shooting at a grocery store in Colorado – less than a week after the spa killings in Atlanta Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Spa shootings could be first test of Georgia’s new hate crime law Christina Carrega, Priya Krishnakumar, and Peter Nickeas, CNN
Are the Atlanta Killings a Hate Crime? The Suspect Doesn’t Get to Decide. Irin Carmon, New York Magazine
Biden considers regulating ‘ghost guns,’ other executive actions to curb gun violence Anita Kumar and Laura Barrón-López, Politico
Justice Dept. Said to Be Weighing Sedition Charges Against Oath Keepers Katie Benner, New York Times
The rioter next door: How the Dallas suburbs spawned domestic extremists Annie Gowen, Washington Post
When the Capitol Riot Came Home Shawn McCreesh, New York Magazine
Commission to reimagine police in District grapples with effort to defund Peter Hermann, Washington Post
“Master of All Emergencies” Jay Willis, Slate
How a Colorado town is untangling behavioral health care from the criminal justice system Sady Swanson, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Meet Wyoming’s New Black Sheriff, the First in State History Ali Watkins, New York Times
Is This Q? Jacob Silverman, New Republic