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Incarcerated and Infected: How the Virus Tore Through the US Prison System New York Times
Biden’s COVID vaccine plan still forgets incarcerated population Talia Lavin, MSNBC
Just 7% of Wisconsin prisoners have received COVID-19 vaccine, despite outcry over inmates being prioritized Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
55 prisoners who contracted COVID died. Activists say it was preventable. Katelyn Newberg, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Justice delayed: COVID-19’s staggering criminal-case backlog Jim Rogers, Seattle Times
Coronavirus shutdown of jury trials upends California’s federal courts Michael Finnegan and Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times
Thousands of low-level US inmates released in pandemic could be headed back to prison Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
States Should Abolish Technical Violations of Probation and Parole Nikki Trautman Baszynski, The Appeal
You’ve Heard About Gerrymandering. What Happens When It Involves Prisons? Editorial Board, New York Times
Let New York inmates vote Lucy Lang, New York Daily News
Lawmaker seeks to end Louisiana’s ‘slavery exception’ clause AP News
After 20 years in prison for stealing two shirts, a Louisiana man is free Teo Armus, Washington Post
Lee Horton Reflects On Coming Home After Years In Prison Sally Herships, NPR
‘The Serpent’ sinks its teeth in with a true-crime tale set in the 1970s Brian Lowry, CNN
Mare of Easttown Is More Than It Appears to Be Jen Chaney, New York Magazine
The Language Project The Marshall Project
AM Stories
What qualifies as a hate crime and why are they so difficult to prove? Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post
“Nobody Wants to Be Identified as a Victim” Carl Chan with Michelle Pitcher, The Marshall Project
As Asian Americans Seek Safety From A Rise In Attacks, Some Look To Guns John Ruwitch, NPR
We need to start thinking bigger on our gun problem Paul Waldman, Washington Post
Biden Takes Initial Steps to Address Gun Violence Annie Karni, New York Times
Biden Targets ‘Ghost Guns’ in New Measures to Curb Firearm Violence The Crime Report
New York Becomes First State to Declare Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis Anna Bradley-Smith, BK Reader
Maryland General Assembly passes landmark policing legislation, sends package to Gov. Hogan Bryn Stole and Pamela Wood, Baltimore Sun
New Mexico Makes It Easier to Sue Police Zusha Elinson and Dan Frosch, Wall Street Journal
NJ releases data showing every time cops hit, tackled or shot suspects on groundbreaking new website Blake Nelson, SP Sullivan, and Nick Devlin, NJ Advance Media
Six months after Walter Wallace Jr.’s death, what have we learned about policing? Michael Nutter and Cynthia Lum, Philadelphia Inquirer
Prosecutor, medical examiner discussions underscore complexity of Derek Chauvin case Libor Jany and Chao Xiong, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Expert Witness Pinpoints Floyd’s Final Breath and Dismisses Talk of Overdose Shaila Dewan, New York Times
A true-crime app scraps plans to turn George Floyd’s killing into ‘an experience’ Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times
Nine, Two, Nine Graham Vyse, The Signal