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Federal prisons on lockdown in run-up to Biden inauguration Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, AP News
Zoom funerals, outdoor classes: Jails are evolving amid COVID, but what happens afterward? Keri Blakinger, NBC News
State Prison COVID-19 Wave Grows as Inmates Wait for Vaccines Rosa Goldensohn, The City
Judge asks for release of nearly 2,000 inmates to avoid ‘killing field’ at Harris County Jail Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle
Families Of Prisoners Hospitalized With COVID Often Cannot Get Critical Details Deborah Becker, WBUR
NJ Senators Concerned Over Racial Disparities In Federal Prison Home Releases Karen Yi, WNYC
Prisons Are Releasing People Without COVID-19 Tests Or Quarantines Nicole Lewis and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
Mississippians saddled with $507 million in criminal justice debts, preventing future opportunity Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today
Bail Reform and Racial Justice The Crime Report
Bill giving those with felonies the right to vote is introduced in Washington Legislature Maya Leshikar, Seattle Times
More police accountability, criminal justice reform bills to come in Colorado legislative session Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post
Criminal justice reform: Too fast? Ask communities of color if it feels ‘rushed.’ Kimberly A. Lightford, Chicago Tribune
“Building in the Dark”: A Conversation About Documenting Incarceration Between ‘Time’ and ’40 Years a Prisoner’ Directors Mia Galuppo, Hollywood Reporter
True-Crime Podcast Puts Spotlight on Irish Coach Accused of Abuse Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times
‘Night Stalker’ Is Just Another Gory True-Crime Misfire Daniel D’Addario, Variety
AM Stories
The Long Prologue to the Capitol Hill Riot Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker
‘Be Ready to Fight’ Mark Danner, New York Review of Books
Treat the Attack on the Capitol as Terrorism Michel Paradis, The Atlantic
DOJ Is Considering Charging Capitol Rioters With Seditious Conspiracy, Felony Murder Alice Speri, The Intercept
The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson Connor Sheets, ProPublica
‘The Internet Is a Crime Scene’ Zack Stanton, Politico Magazine
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol Lena V. Groeger, Jeff Kao, Al Shaw, Moiz Syed, and Maya Eliahou, ProPublica
On social media, amateur digital sleuths try to help track violent Capitol rioters Sarah Parvini and Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times
Off-duty police were part of the Capitol mob. Now police are turning in their own. Kimberly Kindy, Kim Bellware, and Mark Berman, Washington Post
Sheriffs Helped Lead This Insurrection Jessica Pishko, Slate
US Capitol riot: police have long history of aiding neo-Nazis and extremists Sam Levin, The Guardian
The Capitol riot is a reminder of the links between police and white supremacy Anna North, Vox
The Insurrection at the Capitol Has Renewed Democrats’ Calls for Police Reform Kara Voght, Mother Jones
When the FBI Spied on MLK Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic
A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker