Crime Story Daily

In Big City Politics, a Call to Fund the Police Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times

NYC’s Eric Adams, America’s expanding police state signal an end to George Floyd-inspired reforms Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer

The FBI Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests Mike Baker, Sergio Olmos, and Adam Goldman, New York Times

Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready. Beth Schwartzapfel and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project

Since you asked: What information is available about COVID-19 and vaccinations in prison now? Emily Widra, Prison Policy Initiative

Global COVID Vaccination Rates for People in Prison Remain Far Too Low Alex Norcia, Filter Magazine

How 2021 Changed the Death Penalty Austin Sarat, Slate

The Death Penalty in 2021: Year End Report Death Penalty Information Center

US executions, death sentences fall in 2021 to lowest levels in decades, report finds Jeanine Santucci, USA Today

Winnable criminal justice reforms in 2022 Naila Awan, Prison Policy Initiative

States make headway on criminal justice reform after Congress falls short Dartunorro Clark, NBC News

America’s Rocky Road to Justice-Informed Policing Greg Berman, The Crime Report

CDC: US Gun Deaths Reached Highest Level Ever in 2020 Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence

Chicago has exceeded 800 homicides in 2021 Chip Mitchell, WBEZ

‘Defund the police’ runs into reality Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post

January 6 Isn’t Over Yet Matt Ford, New Republic

The Paperwork Coup David A. Graham, The Atlantic

Proud Boys Regroup, Focusing on School Boards and Town Councils Sheera Frenkel, New York Times