PM Stories
To celebrate Juneteenth, elect officials focused on ending mass incarceration Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr, Brookings Institution
The Chains of Slavery Still Exist in Mass Incarceration Kica Matos and Jamila Hodge, Vera Institute of Justice
Where mental illness and criminal justice meet Editorial Board, Boston Globe
Mentally Ill and Sentenced to Death Tovah Strong, Texas Observer
Out Of Sight Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ
Bureau of Prisons Rejected Thousands of Requests for Compassionate Release During the Pandemic WNYC
Racial Disparities Persist in Youth Justice System: Panel Gabriela Felitto, The Crime Report
‘Life Without Parole Isn’t Making Us Any Safer’ Mark Boyer, Asaf Kastner, and Brian Dawson, New York Times
“Undoing the Damage of the War on Drugs: A Renewed Call for Sentencing Reform” Douglas Berman, LexBlog
No Prosecutorial Experience? These DA Candidates Say That’s an Asset. Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
AP says it will no longer name suspects in minor crimes David Bauder, AP News
Incarcerated creatives voice urgent truths in ‘128-G: Art and Writing from a California State Prison’ Janyce Denise Glasper, ArtBlog
The Chef Fighting Mass Incarceration With Food Sheryl Nance-Nash, Atlas Obscura
AM Stories
How the George Floyd Uprising Was Framed for White Eyes Ramenda Cyrus, Mother Jones
Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Has Not Ended Police Violence in Minneapolis Adnan Ahmed, Truthout
Echoes of Breonna Taylor in shooting of Black man in Georgia Kate Brumback, AP News
Examining efforts toward police reform in Minneapolis amid crime spike PBS
Battle for Black Voters in NYC Mayor’s Race Centers on Policing Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times
NYC’s Crime Spike Puts Policing in the Spotlight of Mayor’s Race Henry Goldman, Bloomberg
Don’t blame police reform for Philly’s skyrocketing murder rate, Kenney says Anna Orso, Philadelphia Inquirer
Gun violence is an epidemic within the pandemic Senator Ben Ray Luján and John Feinblatt, CNN
The American Rescue Plan Is Officially Funding Gun Violence Prevention Jennifer Mascia, The Trace
Public Defenders Say They’re Here To Stop Gun Violence, Too George Joseph, Gothamist
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney to reintroduce LGBTQ-inclusive violent crime data bill Jo Yurcaba, NBC News
The Citizen App’s Gamification of Vigilantism Jacob Silverman, New Republic