Innocent Prisoners Are Going to Die of the Coronavirus Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic

Coronavirus Restrictions Stoke Tensions in Lock-ups Across US Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project

Cuomo’s Bail Reform Reversal Risks Explosive Coronavirus Spread in Jails Jonathan Ben-Menachem, Slate

Top doctor at Rikers Island calls the jail a ‘public health disaster unfolding before our eyes’ Meagan Flynn, Washington Post

New Orleans police are jailing people for minor offenses even as the city becomes a covid-19 hotspot Richard A. Webster, Emma Brown, and Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post

The Coronavirus Has Spread to the US Marshals’ Detention Empire Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones

Inmates’ attorneys challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning some jail releases, say it’s unconstitutional Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

After the COVID-19 Release of Prisoners, Who Will Help Them? Tyrone Walker, The Crime Report

Policing and the English Language Patrick Blanchfield, New Republic

Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison-Reform Machine Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times

Lockdown while locked up Today Explained

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