PM Stories
The Truth About Deinstitutionalization Alisa Roth, The Atlantic
Why the Death Penalty Lingers On in America Isidoro Rodriguez, The Crime Report
The Fight Over Tennessee’s Death Penalty Goes On Steven Hale, Nashville Scene
Yet Again, Texas Lawmakers Face Crisis Conditions in Texas Prisons Michael Barajas, Texas Observer
Attorneys Raise Questions About Medical Parole After 2 People Returned To Prison Deborah Becker, WBUR
The American parole system is an endless trap – and a moral outrage Jennifer Miller, Washington Post
Bill to Automatically Remove Criminal Records Finds Some Support in New York Ben Chapman, Wall Street Journal
The Krasner Effect: DAs Can Lead the Way Towards Ending Mass Supervision Dylan Hayre and Becky Silber, The Crime Report
Wins for Larry Krasner and New Allies Signal Reformers’ Growing Reach Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal
Larry Krasner aced the test for the progressive prosecutor movement Nicolas O’Rourke, Philadelphia Inquirer
California Reforms a Model for Overhauling Youth Justice: Paper Emily Riley, The Crime Report
Treating All Kids as Kids Kim Taylor-Thompson, Brennan Center for Justice
‘Dear Son’: How A Mom’s Letter Inspired A Graduation Speech – From Prison Elissa Nadworny and Lauren Migaki, NPR
Getting Real About Prisons and Why They Don’t Make Us Safer Kelly Hayes, Truthout
The Missing Magritte Joshua Hunt, Vanity Fair
AM Stories
‘On the Ashes of Tragedy’: Mixed Emotions on Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death Tim Arango and Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times
Police are still killing people at the same rate as before Nolan D. McCaskill, Politico
George Floyd anniversary: BLM got a plaza in Washington. Will it get police reform? Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times
Congress Misses Symbolic Deadline for Police Reform Akela Lacy, The Intercept
Police reform fight hinges on qualified immunity Harper Neidig and Marty Johnson, The Hill
Can the Politics of Police Reform Survive the Crime Rates of Our Pandemic Year? Matt Ford, New Republic
Campaigns to Defund Police Have Seen Major Wins – and They’re Not Stopping Asha Ransby-Sporn, Truthout
Keith Ellison: On the Other Side of Criminal Justice Reform and Transformation Is a Safer Society Keith Ellison, The Nation
White House Seeks $5.2B for Violence Intervention Isidoro Rodriguez, The Crime Report
How Can We Stop Gun Violence? Francesca Mari, New York Review of Books
How 24 Hours of Racist Violence Caused Decades of Harm Jeremy Cook and Jason Long, The Atlantic
George Floyd, the Tulsa Massacre, and Memorial Days Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
‘On our own terms’: How scholars of color are correcting the narrative of national tragedies Christine Fernando, USA Today
The Aesthetics Of Activism: How Instagram Changed Protesting Erin Corbett, Refinery29
Five shots in Denver Julian Rubinstein, High Country News