The Riot and the Republic Jonathan Allen, NBC News
In the Capitol’s Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer, New York Times
We Know Exactly Who the Capitol Rioters Were Aymann Ismail, Slate
‘No pictures, no pictures’: The enduring images from Jan. 6 Washington Post
The Proud Boys Changed Tactics After Jan. 6. We Tracked Their Activity. Tess Owen, Vice News
The January Sixers Have Their Own Unit at the DC Jail. Here’s What Life Is Like Inside Andrew Beaujon, Washingtonian
Scrutiny of DC jail reaches new levels Cuneyt Dil, Axios
Prison Reform Should Be a Bipartisan Issue Marc M. Howard, Wall Street Journal
US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak, AP News
“I Begged Them To Let Me Die”: How Federal Prisons Became Coronavirus Death Traps. (2020) Keri Blakinger and Keegan Hamilton, The Marshall Project
Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 caseloads climb in jails and prisons Sarah Smellie, CBC News
He spent 6 years in prison for a crime he didn’t do. Now every move feels like a gamble. Robert Bell, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform Charlotte Rosen, The Nation
Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021 Andy Grimm and Tom Schuba, Chicago Sun-Times
Why More American Children Are Dying by Gunfire Jack Kealy, New York Times
The link between underregulated firearms and an LAPD bullet killing a teen in a fitting room Michael Sierra-Arevalo, Los Angeles Times
Why don’t Philly officials support independent reviews of police-involved shootings? Tom Hogan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Her Son Needed Help. First, He Had to Help the Police. Jacob Biba, New Republic
PBS/Tribune collaboration sheds a chilling light on police shootings Christopher Smart, Salt Lake Tribune
‘Public Plea,’ a new documentary and podcast series, explores Oregon’s Measure 11, juvenile justice and victims’ rights Casey Winbush, Oregon Public Broadcasting