PM Stories
COVID is ravaging American jails and prisons – and inmates are rightly rising up Akin Olla, The Guardian
Vaccine Delays Keep COVID Deaths High in Alabama Prisons Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter
Will COVID-19 vaccinations mean more prison overcrowding deaths? Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, High Country News
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times – until he was about to become a COVID-19 statistic Eric Boodman, Stat News
Federal detainees want judge to order COVID-19 measures at downtown jail Jon Seidel, Chicago Sun-Times
Can Michigan Point the Way to Nationwide Jail Reform? The Crime Report
Can The Death Penalty Be Fixed? These Republicans Think So Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project
America’s ‘Era of Punitive Excess’ Must End, say Leading Criminologists The Crime Report
The Forgotten Story of a Diplomat Who Disappeared Brendan I. Koerner, The Atlantic
Kristin Smart Case: A Timeline of Searches and Arrests Christine Hauser, New York Times
How a Podcast Helped Cops Arrest Paul Flores on Accusations He Murdered Kristin Smart Christine Pelisek, People Magazine
‘Why Did You Kill Me?’ Review: To Catfish a Killer Calum Marsh, New York Times
Producers Of Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Time’ On Putting “Good Medicine Into The World” Matthew Carey, Deadline
AM Stories
The rise of domestic extremism in America Robert O’Harrow Jr., Andrew Ba Tran, and Derek Hawkins, Washington Post
“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd, and Ellie Lightfoot, ProPublica
The NYPD’s Method Of Counting Anti-Asian Attacks Underestimates Severity Of Crisis, Critics Say Max Jaeger, Gothamist
Homicide rates are up. To bring them down, empower homegrown peacekeepers Paul Carrillo, Los Angeles Times
Members of Little Earth Protectors Patrol Their Community Robert Klemko, Washington Post
Law Stretched Sideways: The Politics of Police Misconduct Isidoro Rodriguez, The Crime Report
After Another Police Shooting, Biden Urges Calm. Activists Want Answers. Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times
How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser? Shawn Hubler and Jeremy White, New York Times
We Have Trainings to Stop Cops From Mistaking Their Guns for a Taser. Few Departments Use Them. Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
Once Again, Police Rally Around Their Death-Dealing Power Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face discipline, police chief says Doha Madani, NBC News
Will Derek Chauvin take the stand? Shaila Dewan, New York Times
One Trial Can’t Change American Policing Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones