PM Stories
COVID-19 and Vaccine Mistrust Behind Bars Lawrence Bartley and Donald Washington, Jr., The Marshall Project
Most Prison Staff Refuse COVID Vaccine – Should California Let Them? Byrhonda Lyons, KQED
DC jail to relax coronavirus restrictions, end nearly 24-hour daily lockdown Clarence Williams, Washington Post
‘Pervasive level of disorder and chaos’ at NYC jails amid leadership shakeup, feds say Aliza Chasan, PIX
Yang Calls Rikers a ‘Stain’ on NYC, as Crime Fears Complicate Mayoral Race Nancy Bilyeau, The Crime Report
How Would the Mayoral Candidates Get Guns Off New York Streets? Dana Rubinstein, Jeffery C. Mays, and Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
Are Liberal Cities Turning Against Their Progressive Prosecutors? Nikhil Pal Singh, New Republic
Larry Krasner – and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement – Is on Tuesday’s Ballot John Nichols, The Nation
Philly elected Larry Krasner district attorney to reform the system. Here’s what he did. Samantha Melamed and Julia Terruso, Philadelphia Inquirer
JeffCo DA is first in Colorado to review past convictions for equity, not just innocence Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post
What Do Drunk Paddleboarding And Prostitution Have In Common? They’re Among The 1,100 Crimes Included In Colorado’s Sweeping Misdemeanor Reform Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
Man who spent 22 years in solitary urges Illinois to curb ‘psychological torture’ Richard Luscombe, The Guardian
Parole Is Better Than Prison. But That Doesn’t Mean I’m Free. Abd’Allah Lateef, The Marshall Project
AM Stories
At least 123 people were shot dead over 72 hours. Did America notice? Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times
What Our Conversations Over Gun Violence Are Urgently Missing Mary Harris, Slate
Gun violence is surging. It’s time to treat it like a public health emergency. Editorial Board, Washington Post
Coping With the ‘Crisis of Violence’ Greg Berman, The Crime Report
The Mental Health Risks of Secondhand Exposure to Police Violence Johanna Wald, The Crime Report
‘Unequivocally unjustified’: Family of Andrew Brown Jr. views bodycam video of fatal shooting by North Carolina deputies Christal Hayes, USA Today
FBI Launches Civil Rights Probe in Shooting of North Carolina Man Tom Kutsch, The Trace
California attorney general launches racial justice bureau to combat hate crimes, police bias Anh Do, Los Angeles Times
US looking at how to weed out extremists in law enforcement, Garland says NBC News
Number of Capitol riot arrests of military, law enforcement and government personnel rises to 52 Olivia Rubin, ABC News
Jailing of 2 in officer’s assault highlights legal debate over detaining Capitol breach defendants Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post
‘I’m Speechless.’ We Asked Law-Enforcement Officers Around the World How American Policing Looks From Abroad. Chai Dingari, Adam Westbrook, and Brendan Miller, New York Times