Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold Sarah McCammon, NPR
Abortion ‘trigger’ bans to take effect in multiple states this week. What do they change? Bill Keveney, USA Today
Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune
Texas Trigger Law Takes Effect, But Local Prosecutors Have Vowed To Hamper Enforcement Sarah Weaver, Daily Caller
Abortion Is Legal in This State. That’s Not Stopping These Rogue Prosecutors Kara Voght, Rolling Stone
After Roe, Who Is Holding Prosecutors to Account? Laura Flanders, The Nation
San Franciscans have called her a hero or villain. The real Brooke Jenkins is more complicated Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle
DA Brooke Jenkins Unveils New Cash Bail Policy: ‘We Will Not Shy Away From Holding Offenders Accountable’ Jonah Owen Lamb, San Francisco Standard
Bail Reform In New York Is Under Threat Thanks to Misinformation and Fearmongering MK Kaishian, Teen Vogue
Don’t take Zeldin and Adams’ bail-blame bait Scott Hechinger, New York Daily News
The Mayor’s Mission and the Mess at Rikers Dana Kaplan, Gotham Gazette
Mayor Adams Needs to Stop Dehumanizing Kids Accused of Crime Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Cook County juvenile jail using ‘semantics’ to hide many hours youths are isolated: report Jonah Newman and Carlos Ballesteros, Injustice Watch
Nearly 50,000 people held in solitary confinement in US, report says Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
Thoughts: Quarantined in Prison Jennifer Marx, Minnesota Women’s Press
Solitary confinement is shrouded in secrecy and open to abuse. Why does California allow it? Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times
This congressman wants to decriminalize rap Jackie Padilla, Politico
The East Hampton Star Police Blotter Is the Best Publication on Earth Gabrielle Bluestone, New York Magazine