When Innocence Isn’t Enough Chris Pomorski, New Republic
When Will Texas Stop Executing People Whose Death Sentences Are Unconstitutional? Joseph Margulies, Slate
Texas judge won’t let prosecutor cancel scheduled execution of John Ramirez Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
Editorial: The death penalty is wrong – even for racist mass killers Los Angeles Times
Restorative justice programs can supplant criminal cases Troy H. Wilson and Donna L. Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer
Democrats Would Rather Become Republicans Than Make the Case for Justice Reform Jerry Iannelli, The Appeal
3 NYC Detainees Die in Less Than a Week, Bringing Year’s Total to 9 Jonah E. Bromwich and Jan Ransom, New York Times
Chronic punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons Leah Wang, Prison Policy Initiative
Guantánamo Bay Prison’s First COVID Outbreak Shrouded in Secrecy Elise Swain, The Intercept
Public Defenders Were Scarce Before COVID. It’s Much Worse Now. Erika Bolstad, Pew Stateline
Hundreds Have Left NY Public Defender Offices Over Low Pay Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
“Mental Health Units” in Prison Are Solitary Confinement by Another Name, Activists Say Victoria Law, Truthout
Proposed legislation would ban most solitary confinement at Rikers Samantha Max, Gothamist
Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth Annie Waldman, Beth Schwartzapfel, and Erin Einhorn, ProPublica
New Bill Seeks to Model California Prison Reforms After Norway’s Success Nigel Duara, KQED
DC Residents Are Voting from Prison This Week Kira Lerner, Bolts Magazine
Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote. Alexandra Arriaga, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Celina Fang, Bo-Won Keum, and Liset Cruz, The Marshall Project