PM Stories
COVID Has Reduced Prison Populations Around the World—Creating a Rare Chance to Fix the System Gavin Butler, Vice
Amid COVID-19, California releases some inmates doing time for murder. Advocates push to free more Richard Winton, Anita Chabria, and Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times
Leaving Gun Towers and Barbed Wire for a Healing House Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times
Breaking Out With A Bar of Soap Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Prison’s Other Death Sentence (Washington) Levi Pulkkinen, Crosscut
We Must Change How Our Criminal Justice System Treats People with Mental Illness Christine Montross, Time
How Leander Perez’s Vicious Racism Backfired and Saved Jury Trials Lewis Beale, Daily Beast
What a 1924 case from Montana says about dismissing the Flynn prosecution Dayna Zolle, Washington Post
The Rikers Debate Project The New Yorker Radio Hour
Announcing the 2020 Insider Prize Winners Texas Observer
AM Stories
Can Minneapolis Dismantle Its Police Department? Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker
California Eyes 11 Police Reforms After George Floyd’s Death CBS
Should police be in charge of traffic enforcement? In a suburb beset by racial inequities, lawmakers aren’t sure. (Maryland) Rebecca Tan, Washington Post
Baltimore Police ask legislature to help bring about police reform, more accountability in the wake of George Floyd Jessica Anderson and Pamela Wood, Baltimore Sun
Want to fix policing? Start with a better 911 system. Roge Karma, Vox
Milwaukee Police Chief Demoted After Questions Over Protest Response Daniel Victor, New York Times
Police Infiltration of Protests Undermines the First Amendment Sahil Singhvi, Brennan Center for Justice
Police unions show their hand Editorial Board, Boston Globe
NYPD cops ordered to do virtual interviews with police watchdog agency under penalty of suspension Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News
They Were Arrested During the Protests. Here’s What Happened Next. Ali Watkins, New York Times
SLO police ask DA to file 8 charges against protest leader Tianna Arata, including 5 felonies (California) Matt Fountain, San Luis Obispo Tribune
One tweet tried to identify a cop — then five people were charged with felony harassment Adi Robertson, The Verge
Will the stonewalling over the US Park Police killing of Bijan Ghaisar ever end? Editorial Board, Washington Post
‘Top Cop’ Kamala Harris’s Record of Policing the Police Danny Hakim, Stephanie Saul, and Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times