Is the Window for System Change Closing? Jamila Hodge, The Crime Report
The Collapse Of Criminal Legal Reform In The Black Mecca Tiffany Roberts, Essence
America Is Losing Its Black Police Officers David A. Graham, The Atlantic
Who Is the Real Erika Shields? Josh Wood, Louisville Magazine
Why Derecka Purnell went from police reformist to abolitionist: ‘It’s so we can get more free’ Tayo Bero, The Guardian
The Cover-up Machine Claire Lampen, New York Magazine
Lightfoot warns city could be sent ‘into chaos’ after Foxx’s latest decision to reject charges Tom Schuba and Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Police Department v. Kim Foxx Thomas Hogan, City Journal
Why is DA Ogg scapegoating misdemeanor bail reform in crime spike? Editorial Board, Houston Chronicle
A Massive Fail on Crime Reporting by The New York Times, NPR Scott Hechinger, The Nation
Despite skewed media image, Black men are more likely to be victimized than other groups Thaddeus L. Johnson and Natasha N. Johnson, USA Today
2020 Firearm Injuries Up More Than 70% — Worse in Black and Hispanic Young Men Ryan Bohochik, Lindsay Lin, Eric Lindgren, Johnston Thayer, and Adrianna Teriakidis, Epic Health Research Network
More Criminalization Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence Benjamin Levin, Jacobin
Police Unions’ Latest Grievance: Vaccine Mandates Esther Wang, New Republic
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Could Exacerbate Understaffing in Federal Prisons, Union Warns Courtney Bublé, Government Executive
Many correctional officers remain unvaccinated as prison cases climb Teddy Rosenbluth, Concord Monitor
COVID precautions put more prisoners in isolation. It can mean long-term health woes Katja Ridderbusch, NPR
Dept. of Justice Report Suggests SF DA Boudin’s Prosecution Tactics Working to Reduce Crime Rates Alana Bleimann, Davis Vanguard
Legislators, public defenders call on DAs to stop pushing high bail given dangerous conditions at Rikers Island Graham Rayman, New York Daily News
I’m Writing This From Rikers Island. I Hope You Get the Help I Didn’t Jiovani Sanchez, City Limits
More women are serving life sentences. Experts are trying to determine why. Candice Norwood, The 19th
James Bond and the killer bag lady Mark Ames and Alexander Zaitchik, Salon
For Yinka Bokinni, Changing True Crime Is Personal L’Oréal Blackett, Bustle