PM Stories
Prisoners, Doctors, and the Battle Over Trans Medical Care Aviva Stahl, Wired
Most inmates have had their COVID shots – but their guards likely haven’t Amy Worden, Salon
Compassionate Release and the Pandemic: A Policy Failure? Emiley Riley, The Crime Report
‘Not everyone has to come to jail’: COVID-19 changes could lead to sweeping transformation Emily Hamer, Wisconsin State Journal
Federal Judges Handed Down Smaller Sentences Due to Brutal NYC Prison Conditions: Analysis Natalie Colarossi, Newsweek
The Uncomfortable Truth About Wrongful Convictions James M. Doyle, The Crime Report
The Prosecutor Exodus Thomas Hogan, City Journal
‘I couldn’t think about this case without thinking of my son’ Holly Bailey, Washington Post
Some Prosecutors Are Daring To Challenge the ‘Tough on Crime’ Status Quo Steven Greenhut, Reason
New Wave Of Prosecutors Push For Resentencing Laws Sarah Martinson, Law360
DA Larry Krasner aims to keep teen offenders out of criminal justice system with new restorative program Mensah M. Dean, Philadelphia Inquirer
How a Story About Philadelphia Became One About All of America Sam Adams, Slate
Genetic Genealogist Co-Hosts New True-Crime Podcast ‘Solvable’ Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone
AM Stories
The Rise of Anti-history David A. Graham, The Atlantic
We Already Know Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Matt Ford, New Republic
‘So, So Angry’: Reporters Who Survived the Capitol Riot Are Still Struggling Cameron Joseph, Vice
Investigation calls for firing 2 Seattle police officers over insurrection David Kroman, Crosscut
Little transparency in Mississippi about excessive use of force by police, overall crime Keisha Rowe, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
The Public Won’t Be Learning More About Eric Adams’s Record As a Cop Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Police reform activists call out budget increase Anna Lucente Sterling, Spectrum News
Philly’s New Budget Makes It Clear City Hall Will Never Defund the Police Ernest Owens, Philadelphia Magazine
He Died After He Was Shot in the Back by a Cop. Will Anyone Be Held Accountable? Billy Binion, Reason
Philly’s gun-violence crisis has surpassed a bleak milestone with 10,000 shot since 2015 Chris Palmer, Dylan Purcell, and Anna Orso, Philadelphia Inquirer
‘Fear on top of fear’: Why anti-gun Americans joined the wave of new gun owners Marc Fisher, Miranda Green, Kelly Glass, and Andrea Eger, Washington Post
Why GOP-Led States Are Banning the Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws Glenn Thrush and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times
Biden to pitch crime plan to local leaders amid wave of gun violence Shannon Pettypiece and Geoff Bennett, NBC News