In Big City Politics, a Call to Fund the Police Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times
NYC’s Eric Adams, America’s expanding police state signal an end to George Floyd-inspired reforms Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer
The FBI Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests Mike Baker, Sergio Olmos, and Adam Goldman, New York Times
He Was Filming on His Phone. Then a Deputy Attacked Him and Charged Him With Resisting Arrest. Richard A. Webster and Greg Morton, ProPublica/WRKF
Kentucky task force recommends search warrant changes after Breonna Taylor’s death Vanessa Romo, NPR
DOJ investigations in Phoenix, Louisville send a message: Policing is under the microscope Jimmy Jenkins and Tessa Duvall, USA Today
As mandate kicks in, ranks of unvaccinated New York police, firefighters dwindle Peter Szekely, Reuters
64% of Illinois prison workers are now vaccinated as their union fights the mandate Patrick Smith, WBEZ
Delayed justice is still a problem after COVID-19 disruptions Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal
New York’s Prisons Are Turning Into Senior-Citizen Centers Errol Louis, New York Magazine
All They Want for the Holidays Is for Their Loved Ones to Come Home From Prison Victoria Law, Trutout
The Conservative Case For Prison Reform Tony Messenger, Time Magazine
State should look at evidence as innocent man sits on death row for Portage County murders Michael Douglas, Akron Beacon Journal
The Collateral Consequences of Exoneration Troy Burner, The Crime Report
What Does the Recent Set of Exonerations Tell Us About the Criminal Justice System? Austin Sarat and Rose Mroczka, Slate
The Lesson of Meek Mill’s ‘Trauma’ Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
For Freedoms and Hank Willis Thomas Question America’s Systems of Incarceration Cultured Magazine
Giving Seattle artist Kenjiro Nomura the credit he deserves after mass incarceration derailed career Jade Yamazaki Stewart, Seattle Times