PM Stories
San Quentin Prison Was Free of the Virus. One Decision Fueled an Outbreak. Timothy Williams and Rebecca Griesbach, New York Times
‘Incarceration Should Not Mean a Death Sentence’: Advocates Want a Plan to Stop COVID-19 Spread in San Quentin Lakshmi Sarah, Sara Hossaini, and Kate Wolffe, KQED
UC health experts: San Quentin coronavirus outbreak could pose threat to entire Bay Area Jason Fagone and Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle
What Ohio’s COVID-19 Outbreaks Can Teach California Prisons Heather Harris, Prison Policy Institute of California
Federal Executions to Resume Amid a Pandemic and Protests Hailey Fuchs, New York Times
Thousands of US judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench Michael Berens and John Shiffman, Reuters
Budget Cuts May Keep Rikers Open Past 2027 Deadline Jonathan Ben-Menachem, The Appeal
Their Unlikely Alliance Began at Whataburger. Can They Reform a Texas Jail? Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project
Why Is The DOJ Trying To Send The Mack Brothers Back To Prison? Kevin Ring, Above the Law
The FBI Agents Who Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts Amber Dance, The Atlantic
Tie a Tourniquet on Your Heart Diana Moskovitz, Popula
AM Stories
Protests Prompt Policing Changes, But Skeptics Doubt They Will Be Enough Lindsay Van Ness, PEW
Addressing Misconduct Will Require A Change in Police Culture. Is Police Leadership Up To The Challenge? Karen Collins Rice and Seth Stoughton, Talking Points Memo
What Policing Costs Vera Institute of Justice
Why the $6 Billion NYPD Is Now a Target of ‘Defund the Police’ Michael Schwirtz and Ali Watkins, New York Times
New York City mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid City Hall protest PBS
De Blasio Vows to End Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails Deanna Paul, Wall Street Journal
I’ve Reported on How Chicago’s Ticketing System Has Hurt Black Residents. Now, the Conversation About Reform Is Changing. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica
Blacks are only 7% of the Bay Area, but 27% of those killed by police Thomas Peele, David Debolt, Robert Salonga, and Nate Gartrell, San Jose Mercury News
She hasn’t charged a cop for a fatal shooting in 27 years. Amid protests, election nears. (Florida) David Ovalle and David Smiley, Miami Herald
There Are 93 US Attorneys. Seven Are Women And Only Two Are Black. Zoe Tillman, BuzzFeed News
The FBI has a history of targeting black activists. That’s still true today Mike German, The Guardian