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Prisoners and the Pandemic Tana Ganeva, Rolling Stone
Just over half of incarcerated people are vaccinated, despite being locked in COVID-19 epicenters Tiana Herring and Emily Widra, Prison Policy Initiative
Three Inmates Killed in Less Than a Week in Alabama Prisons Allyson Waller, New York Times
New Body Camera Mandate in NJ Prisons ‘Long Overdue’ Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
LA County launches jail ‘dashboard’ to better understand who is behind bars City News Service
Anti-Jail Movement Takes Shape In Conservative North Carolina Amanda Abrams, Shadowproof
Victory in Philadelphia Buoys Supporters of Progressive District Attorney Jon Hurdle and Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
Lawmakers, Faith Leaders Unite to End Ohio’s Death Penalty Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service
Return of firing squads shows death penalty and its ‘machinery’ are grinding to a halt Austin Sarat, USA Today
Does Banning People With Felonies From Dating Apps Actually Make Anyone Safer? Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
On Parole, Staying Free Means Staying Clean and Sober Tammy La Gorce, New York Times
Is this a new moment for prison education? Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
One of Louisiana’s oldest incarcerated women is free; prosecutors say she was wrongly convicted Matt Sledge, NOLA.com
Court declares Texas man innocent after DNA cleared him Juan A. Lozano, Washington Post
AM Stories
North Carolina Prosecutor Calls Shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. Justified Richard Fausset, New York Times
North Carolina deputies in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. won’t face charges; protesters hit the streets Christine Fernando and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today
Will the police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. restart the police reform movement? Al Tompkins, Poynter
Where Views On Race And Police Stand A Year After George Floyd’s Murder Domenico Montanaro, NPR
Police reform looms large over local races as crime rates rise Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner
Amid series of scandals, police reform moves to forefront of Boston mayoral campaign Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe
With 12 New Laws, Washington State Joins Movement To Overhaul Policing Austin Jenkins, NPR
The Supreme Court’s Next Big Gun Case, Explained Jennifer Mascia, The Trace
How the Modern NRA Was Born at the Border Sierra Pettengill and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Boston Review
The fight against gun control has some surprising new allies Chauncey Alcorn, CNN
Ordered online, assembled at home: the deadly toll of California’s ‘ghost guns’ Abené Clayton, The Guardian
Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon Lindsay Whitehurst and Andrew Selsky, AP News
After the violence in ‘Football City, USA’ Kent Babb, Washington Post
Recasting ‘Riots’ as Black Rebellions Peniel E. Joseph, New York Times