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They’re Going Back to Prison. But They Didn’t Commit New Crimes. Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
Thousands of Prisoners Were Sent Home Because of COVID. They Don’t Want to Go Back. Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maura Turcotte, New York Times
Even After Vaccine, Federal Prisons Still Have COVID-19 Concerns Walter Pavlo, Forbes
CA’s Jail & Prison Populations Went Down During COVID, But Now The Jail Numbers Have Crept Back Up Celeste Fremon, WitnessLA
With over 2,700 deaths behind bars and slow vaccine acceptance, prisons and jails must continue to decarcerate Emily Widra, Prison Policy Initiative
New ruling requires Pa. courtrooms to return to ‘pre-pandemic’ operations Aaron Moselle, WHYY
Jury trials are starting again. But the pandemic put some behind bars past their sentences. Rachel Weiner, Washington Post
Are Virtual Courtrooms Here to Stay? Eva Herscowitz, The Crime Report
Four Ways the Pandemic Made Us Rethink Our Criminal Legal System Nazish Dholakia, Insha Rahman, and Aaron Stagoff-Belfort, Vera Institute of Justice
Rutgers Law launches New Jersey Innocence Project to help wrongfully convicted people P. Kenneth Burns, WHYY
A Philly man was cleared of murder after 34 years by evidence that was in the police file all along Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
The Man Rewriting Prison from Inside Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
The Sky Thief Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
AM Stories
Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for Murder of George Floyd Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Derek Chauvin is headed to prison. But that is not enough. Editorial Board, Washington Post
Derek Chauvin’s sentence isn’t enough to say cops will now be held accountable, criminal justice experts say Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, Insider
Chauvin sentenced as lawmakers try to reach police reform deal MSNBC
Police reform negotiations bog down on Capitol Hill as crime rises and midterms loom Mike DeBonis, Washington Post
Is the Answer to Crime More Cops? (2019) Simone Weichselbaum and Wendi C. Thomas, The Marshall Project
Policing the Police: How to Tackle the Crisis of Legitimacy Alan Cunningham, The Crime Report
Amid rising police violence, New York City to train entire force in de-escalation Tom Jackman, Washington Post
NYC Voters: Prioritize Policing Alternatives to Tackle Violence Jonathan Chavez, The Appeal
Oakland City Council Votes to Defund Police, Stripping More Than $17M from Department Budget KPIX
This progressive police reform bill is pretty popular Li Zhou, Vox
Editorial: Don’t measure justice for George Floyd by the length of Derek Chauvin’s sentence Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times