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Why Jails Are So Important in the Fight Against Coronavirus Anna Flagg and Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison Mary Bassett, Eric Gonzalez, and Darren Walker, New York Times ‘We’re Left for Dead’: Fears of Virus Catastrophe at Rikers Jail Jan Ransom and Alan Feuer, New York Times People Are Bailing Out Inmates From New York City’s Biggest Jail, Where The Coronavirus Outbreak Is Skyrocketing Dominic Holden, BuzzFeed News No going back on bail reform now: What was a bad idea before should be unthinkable during the coronavirus crisis Catalina Cruz, Michael Blake, Latrice Walker, and Jeffrion Aubry, New York Daily News Rikers Island Prisoners Being...

Our Leaders Have the Power to Release People in Prison. Now They Must Use It. Rachel Barkow, The Appeal The Coronavirus Pandemic Makes the Case for Criminal Justice Reform Akela Lacy, The Intercept First Federal Inmate Dies of Covid-19, Deepening Fear of Coronavirus Spread in Prisons Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal Patrolling the beat while keeping a distance: Police officers face new rules, rhythms amid pandemic Peter Hermann, Dan Morse, and Tom Jackman, Washington Post Don’t Criminalize COVID-19 Scott Skinner-Thompson, Slate How Bill Barr’s COVID-19 Prisoner Release Plan Could Favor White People Eli Hager, The Marshall Project How Is The Justice System Responding to the Coronavirus? It Depends On Where You Live. Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project Federal judge to rule...

Red and Blue America Agree That Now Is the Time to Violate the Constitution Adam Chilton, Kevin Cope, Charles Crabtree, and Mila Versteeg, The Atlantic COVID-19 and the ‘New Normal’ in Criminal Justice The Crime Report Chesa Boudin on His Incarcerated Father and the Threat of the Coronavirus in Prisons Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker How the coronavirus is igniting riots, releases and crackdowns in world’s prisons Sudarsan Raghavan and Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post Coronavirus Pandemic Changes Policing, Including Fewer Arrests Zusha Elinson and Ben Chapman, Wall Street Journal LA County supervisors and sheriff in standoff over coronavirus emergency response Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times Orange County sheriff says there is no immediate plan to release inmates...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: This week, COVID-19 has continued to dominate headlines, with the US displacing Italy and China as the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. A piece from USA Today provides a broad overview of how the pandemic has upended our criminal justice system, from courts to policing to prisons and jails. A piece from Reason focuses on the scope of, and limits to, police powers during a pandemic. With more than half of all the confirmed cases in the country located in New York, a piece from the New York Times urges...

Prison lawyers seek emergency order on coronavirus, including release of inmates Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times Legal battles escalate over virus dangers to immigration detainees Josh Gerstein, Politico “They Don’t Care:” Families Of The Incarcerated Fear The Worst As Coronavirus Spreads Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project Can COVID-19 Force Us to Take Criminal Justice Reform Seriously? Tomas Keen, The Crime Report Some Supreme Courts Are Helping Shrink Jails to Stop Outbreaks. Others Are Lagging Behind. Kyle C. Barry, The Appeal As courts shut down, one city’s public defenders try to save their clients from the virus Radley Balko, Washington Post Baton Rouge jail population hits 10-year low amid efforts to combat coronavirus spread Lea Skene, The Advocate The...

Curbing COVID-19 Means a Moratorium on Unnecessary Arrests Will Isenberg, The Appeal Bureau of Prisons Imposes 14-Day Quarantine to Contain Coronavirus Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal “It Spreads Like Wildfire”: The Coronavirus Comes to New York’s Prisons Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker 1,000 Inmates Will Be Released From NJ Jails to Curb Coronavirus Risk Tracey Tully, New York Times 1,700 inmates released from Los Angeles County in response to coronavirus outbreak Justin Carissimo, CBS News For Abused Women, a Pandemic Lockdown Holds Dangers of Its Own Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Aviva Stahl, New York Times San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Says COVID-19 Won’t End Without Criminal Justice Reform Morgan Simon, Forbes Mass Incarceration Is Making Infectious Diseases Worse (2016) James...