Homicide rates have soared nationwide, but mayors see a chance for a turnaround in 2022 Griff Witte, Washington Post
Examining the Spike in Murders German Lopez, New York Times
How bad is crime in Colorado? We examined 35 years of data to put today’s trends in context. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post
Myth busting Colorado’s crime-wave lore Pete Lee, Denver Post
America isn’t experiencing a crime wave – we’re suffering a crime hoax Kevin R. Brock, The Hill
How Bail Reform, Crime Surge Mix in an Angry Debate Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg
60% of people awaiting trial can’t afford bail. A civil rights commission can’t agree on reform. Tami Abdollah, USA Today
LFC report: Changing pretrial detention won’t lower crime Elise Kaplan, Albuquerque Journal
Everyone Needs to Take a Deep Breath About Alvin Bragg Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Why a California Program Allowing Prosecutors to Shorten Prison Sentences Is Catching on in Red and Blue Counties Marisa Lagos, KQED
US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on sentencing requirement for drug offenses Josephine Wenson, Jurist
Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
The Shameless, Radical Ruling Against Biden’s Civil Service Vaccine Mandate Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Gavin Newsom Is Fighting A Vaccine Mandate For Prison Staff – At The Expense Of Prisoners Jessica Schulberg, HuffPost
As omicron spreads, CT’s prison system isn’t spared Kelan Lyons, Connecticut Mirror
Hundreds at Rikers Protest Conditions, Citing Covid and the Cold Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
Is Solitary Confinement Here to Stay at Rikers Island? Matt Stieb, New York Magazine
What Is Eric Adams’s Plan for the Rikers Island Crisis? Eric Lach, The New Yorker
Bureau Of Prisons Begins Implementing First Step Act With Release Of Thousands In Custody Walter Pavlo, Forbes
A Broadway show about life after incarceration finds its most avid audience in a New York City jail Peter Marks, Washington Post
New novel ‘Devil House’ looks at our true crime obsessions Carolyn Kellogg, Boston Globe
A True Crime Melissa Chadburn, New York Review of Books