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The Purgatory of Parole Incarcerations During the Coronavirus Crisis Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker The Bureau of Prisons must do more to flatten the curve Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), The Hill ‘Pacing and Praying’: Jailed Youths Seek Release as Virus Spreads Erica L. Green, New York Times Hostages Behind Bars: Why COVID-19 Fuels Tensions in Prisons Tomas Keen, The Crime Report “Covid Breached the Wall and Killed A Man Yesterday” Dino Caroselli with John J. Lennon, The Marshall Project Want to Know How Fast Coronavirus Can Spread in Prison? Look at Arkansas. Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones Nurses Warn COVID-19 Cases At Cook County Jail Aren’t Just Staying Behind Bars Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ State to release nearly 1,000 nonviolent prison...

The forever bars John Pfaff, Washington Post Public Health, Justice and COVID-19: A Tragedy Foretold James M. Doyle, The Crime Report Virus-wracked federal prisons again expand release criteria Josh Gerstein, Politico Bureau of Prisons coronavirus response under fire: ‘Reactive,’ not ‘proactive,’ inmates, staff say Luke Barr, ABC News I’m a doctor on Rikers Island. My patients shouldn’t have to die in jail. Rachael Bedard, Washington Post This Man Says Inmates At His Prison Are Getting No Medical Care For COVID-19 Melissa Segura, BuzzFeed News Locked up to locked out: Recently released prisoners face unprecedented challenges amid coronavirus crisis Alexander Mallin and Luke Barr, ABC News The Judge Will See You On Zoom, But The Public Is Mostly Left Out Jamiles Lartey,...

The COVID-19 Prison Disaster Is No Longer Hypothetical Jay Willis, The Appeal The New American Death Sentence Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic Governors Are Too Cowardly To Solve The Coronavirus Outbreak In Prisons Angelina Chapin, Huffington Post The Emergency in Florida Jails Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic Inside the deadliest federal prison, the seeping coronavirus creates fear and danger Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post Every Public Official With The Power To Decarcerate Must Exercise That Power Now Sharon Dolovich, The Appeal Louisiana public defenders fight to protect clients from coronavirus, even as their offices run out of money Radley Balko, Washington Post Report From Inside Angola Prison Paints A Troubling Picture As Coronavirus Grips Louisiana Tana Ganeva, The Appeal Judges Sue...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: This week, the coronavirus pandemic has continued to dominate criminal justice-related news, as leaders around the country escalate or expedite reforms aimed at slowing the virus’s spread. A piece from the Guardian highlights the “previously unthinkable” reforms made possible by the pandemic, from releasing inmates to ending cash bail: proof that “dismantling mass incarceration in the United States is not a question of possibility or costs, but a matter of imagination and will.” Politico reports that on Monday, Attorney General Bill Barr issued a memo to top federal prosecutors around the...

Chicago’s Jail Is Top US Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars Timothy Williams and Danielle Ivory, New York Times A ‘Hyper-Acceleration’ of Justice Reform Under COVID-19 The Crime Report COVID-19 shows why we need misdemeanor criminal justice reform Annika Olson, The Hill Don’t Look to the DOJ to Keep Federal Prisons and Their Surrounding Communities Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic Shon Hopwood, The Appeal Coronavirus has led to thousands of early releases from prisons and jails. Not in Arizona Kurtis Lee and Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times Louisiana’s Coronavirus Plan for Prisons Could Create Death Camps Alice Speri and Akela Lacy, The Intercept The Shock Doctrine Came for Bail Reform Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic How Coronavirus...

Coronavirus has shown that it is possible to change the US criminal justice system Derecka Purnell, The Guardian ICE Releases 160 Migrants Over Coronavirus Risk Michelle Hackman, Wall Street Journal Four Texas prisons on complete lockdown related to possible COVID-19 exposures Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle Expert: Officials playing ‘life-or-death game of rock, paper, scissors’ with Harris County Jail Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle Inmates with ongoing innocence claims sit in prisons threatened by coronavirus as courts shut down Dan Hinkel and Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune ‘It’s Absolute Hell.’ Coronavirus Derails Parole Hearings Across US as Health Risks to Prisoners Grow Lauren Gill, The Appeal Trump Administration Tells Some Business Owners “Do Not Apply” for Coronavirus Loans Eli Hager, The Marshall...