PM Stories
How the Federal Government Lost Track of Deaths in Custody Ethan Corey, The Appeal
Inside the US’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison, COVID-19 Raged. Outside, Officials Called Their Fight a Success. (Louisiana) Anat Rubin, Tim Golden, and Richard A. Webster, ProPublica
Committee approves controversial former Angola warden to lead Mississippi’s prison system Luke Ramseth, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Are Indicted on Murder Charges Richard Fausset, New York Times
US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back Rebecca Boone, AP News
Georgia Budget Cuts Threaten Prisoners’ Ability To Challenge Convictions Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
We Need More Trials By Jury Dan Adams, The Bulwark
51 Years in Prison for a Car Crash Meg O’Connor, The Appeal
‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ isn’t just another true-crime docuseries. It’s a brilliant look at how the genre pulls us in. Hank Stuever, Washington Post
AM Stories
The Police Are Still Rioting Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
The Reckoning Is About More Than Police Violence Delilah Friedler, Mother Jones
Now Do Lincoln Nick Martin, New Republic
The Bumpy Road to Police Abolition Ted Alcorn, The Appeal
Louisville Police Fire Brett Hankison, Officer in Breonna Taylor Shooting Will Wright, New York Times
A Florida Cop Killed Tony McDade. Now He’s Hiding Behind a Law Meant to Protect Victims. Laura Thompson, Mother Jones
Democrats Threaten To Block ‘Woefully Inadequate’ GOP Police Reform Bill Igor Bobic, Huffington Post
Hawaii’s Highest Court Is Pushing Back On How Police Interrogate Suspects Stewart Yerton, Honolulu Civil Beat
Pittsburgh suspends policing program that used algorithms to predict crime ‘hot spots’ Ashley Murray and Kate Giammarise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Police and DAs Work Hand in Hand”: How Black Lives Matter is Shaping New York’s DA Elections Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal
Trump Didn’t ‘Send In the Troops.’ They Were Already There. CJ Chivers, New York Times Magazine
The Pentagon Finally Details its Weapons-for-Cops Giveaway (2014) Shawn Musgrave, Tom Meagher, and Gabriel Dance, The Marshall Project
Protest Arrests Led To Surge Of Bail Fund Donations: Impact Could Be Long Lasting Camila Domonoske, NPR
Nextdoor Removes App’s ‘Forward to Police’ Feature Allyson Waller, New York Times