PM Stories
Mass Incarceration Has Worsened the COVID-19 Pandemic for Everyone Eric Reinhart, Jacobin
Court Hearing Examines Whether San Quentin’s Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak Could Have Been Prevented Monica Lam, KQED
A Prisoner Videotaped COVID Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now? Zia Jaffrey, The Nation
In five years, 786 people died in Louisiana’s jails and prisons, a new report finds JC Canicosa, Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana’s indigent defense system is broken. A new bill may only make it worse. Radley Balko, Washington Post
Washington’s legal system severely backlogged following pandemic David Kroman, Crosscut
After a year of COVID-19 restrictions, criminal trials are the final step in restoring Philly-area courthouses to full capacity Vinny Vella and Julie Shaw, Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly DA: inside the fight to end mass incarceration in America David Smith, The Guardian
Tahanie Aboushi Wants To Transform America’s Most Powerful District Attorney Office Roula Allam, About Her
Pending Law To Correct Wrongful Convictions Could Depend On Missouri Attorney General Rebecca Rivas, St. Louis Public Radio
“A Horror Movie in Reverse”: How I Investigated Decades of Untested Rape Kits Catherine Rentz, ProPublica
Ny Nourn: the woman convicted of murder and pardoned – who now fights for other battered women Anna Moore, The Guardian
What Did You Call Me? Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Brennan Center for Justice
AM Stories
Officials worry the rise in violent crime portends a bloody summer: ‘It’s trauma on top of trauma’ Holly Bailey and Tim Craig, Washington Post
San Jose mourns after deadliest shooting in region’s history: ‘We can’t sweep this under the rug’ Abené Clayton, The Guardian
Why a New Mexico House Race Is a Crucial Test of the GOP Focus on Crime Jonathan Martin, New York Times
Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method Virginia Hughes, New York Times
Chicago Police Are No Longer Allowed To Chase People For Minor Offenses Under New Policy Patrick Smith, WBEZ
Illinois Lawmakers Bar Police From Using Deception When Interrogating Minors Michael Levenson, New York Times
‘Still on the farm’: NY State Police struggles to diversify Jim Mustian and Camille Fassett, ABC News
Cops Don’t Belong at Pride Roxane Gay, New York Times
The Shot in the Eye Squad Wil Sands, Mother Jones
The Room Where It Happened Adrienne Green, New York Magazine
Black fear of Tulsa police lingers 100 years after massacre Cliff Brunt, AP News
Not just Tulsa: Racist mobs were ‘widespread and a constant concern’ 100 years ago N’dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today
Albert King Is Not Forgotten Alexa Mills, Washington Post
How America Remembers – and Distorts – Its Slavery Past Julian Lucas, New York Times
Rinaldo Walcott on Riots, Policing, and Traditions of Black Refusal Rinaldo Walcott, Literary Hub