PM Stories
Infectious disease expert, former attorney general: Prioritize COVID vaccines for inmates Dr. Tom Inglesby and Alberto Gonzales, USA Today
Prisons are long-term care facilities. So why don’t inmates get priority for COVID-19 vaccination? Chandra Bozelko, Stat News
Vermont officials clash over COVID-19 vaccine priority for incarcerated people Ethan Bakuli, Burlington Free Press
Two Pa. prisons have vaccinated more than 70% of those incarcerated. An incentive program may be making a difference. Joseph Darius Jaafari and Jamie Martines, WHYY
NC prisons settle NAACP case, agree to fast-track release of 3,500 inmates Jordan Wilkie, Carolina Public Press
Now that Washington’s drug possession law has been struck down, swamped legal system faces massive do-over Sara Jean Green, Seattle Times
Washington State Shows How a Truly Progressive Court Changes Everything Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
‘Highly Unusual For A DA’: Gascón Touts His Push To Cut Prison Sentences Frank Stoltze, LAist
How Chesa Boudin Is Pursuing His Promise to Reduce Incarceration Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
Manhattan district attorney to release years of racial data as part of nationwide accountability push Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post
New York Legislature Passes Bill To Limit Solitary Confinement CJ Ciaramella, Reason
5 Discussions That Shaped the Justice Reform Movement in 2020 Kenny Lo, Sarah Figgatt, Betsy Pearl, and Chelsea Parsons, Center for American Progress
Exhibits convey incarcerated artists’ spirit: ‘No matter what I did… there’s beauty inside me’ Rachel Zarrow, San Francisco Chronicle
Through Cultures of Constraint and Care: The Relentless Art of Aimee Wissman Amber Long, Folklife
Death Row Inmates Are Selling Their Art on Etsy (and It’s Beautiful) Mary Frances Knapp, Vice
AM Stories
The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence Hua Hsu, The New Yorker
On the Front Lines of the Surge in Violence Against Asian Americans Matt Stieb, New York Magazine
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150% in 2020, mostly in NY and LA, new report says Kimmy Yam, NBC News
Gunman Who Killed 6 Asian Women Was ‘Having a Bad Day,’ Police Say Erica Schwiegershausen, New York Magazine
Atlanta Shooting Shows How Police Are Failing Asian Women Anya Zoledziowski and Carter Sherman, Vice
Georgia’s Asian American Leaders Call for Community-Centered Response After Six Asian Women Are Murdered James C. Woo, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Minneapolis leaders promised big changes in policing after George Floyd’s death. Keeping them is taking longer than some hoped. Eric Ferkenhoff, USA Today
Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act Kat Stafford, AP News
NYC Police Unions Blame Gun Violence on Bail Reform Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
Only Two NYPD Officers Face Serious Discipline From a Watchdog’s Investigations Into Abuse of Black Lives Matter Protesters Eric Umansky, ProPublica
Austin officer charged with murder in Michael Ramos’ death as lawmakers file bills making it harder to withhold body camera footage Reese Oxner and Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
California Lawmakers Look to Decertify Rogue Cops, End Immunity Nick Cahill, Courthouse News
Oregon Poll: Replace Police With Trained First Responders Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza and Sean McElwee, The Appeal