PM Stories
COVID-19 compels America to rethink who we lock up in prison Dr. Priscilla Chan and Brian Hooks, USA Today
Virus Death Rates Make Prison Vaccine Plans A Justice Issue Sarah Martinson, Law360
‘Like a war zone’: Prison that freed Paul Manafort early now ravaged by COVID Lisa Riordan Seville, NBC News
Surge of Cases in Juvenile Facilities Mirrors LA County Elizabeth Marcellino, City News Service
COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging again in Illinois prisons, as inmates and advocates call for more action Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune
Virus Hits Federal Death Row, Prompting Calls for Delays in Executions Hailey Fuchs, New York Times
Abused, then condemned: For women on death row, a history of gendered violence is the norm Tamar Sarai Davis, Prism
Senators ask Justice Department watchdog to investigate federal executions under Trump Erik Ortiz, NBC News
How Biden Can End Trump’s Macabre Execution Spree Marcia Brown, American Prospect
New Jersey shows that we can end mass incarceration Jeremy Travis and Marc Mauer, Newark Star-Ledger
Congress clinches deal to restore Pell grants for prisoners 26 years after ban Michael Stratford, Politico
In Podcast Finale, ‘Louder Than A Riot’ Looks At Prison Reform Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden, NPR
‘Time’ Director Garrett Bradley Explains How She Exposed Mass Incarceration Via One Woman’s Fight Joe McGovern, The Wrap
AM Stories
The year of reckoning: How 2020 revealed the fault lines in American policing Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN
A New Hope for Police Reform: New Jersey Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Colorado Tries New Way To Punish Rogue Cops Cary Aspinwall and Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project
Probe Calls for Sweeping NYPD Reform, Cites Deficiencies in Floyd Protest Response NBC New York
An Unprepared NYPD Badly Mishandled Floyd Protests, Watchdog Says Ali Watkins, New York Times
Police officers acted dangerously and anonymously during protests against police brutality and racism, investigation finds David Sachs, Denverite
Detroit is Suing Black Lives Matter Protesters for “Civil Conspiracy” Chris Gelardi, The Intercept
Bodycam Video Shows ‘Mob Mentality’ Of Boston Police Who Responded To George Floyd Protests, Lawyer Says Eoin Higgins, The Appeal
Officer’s rubber bullet almost blinded peaceful protester. She’s owed an apology and an explanation Editorial Board, Miami Herald
I Asked for Public Records on a Fatal Police Shooting. Then a Washington Sheriff’s Office Sued Me. CJ Ciaramella, Reason
Killer cop shows the costs of secrecy Editorial Board, Newark Star-Ledger
It Was a Landmark Crime Bill. Then a State Senator Added a Special Favor. Tracey Tully, New York Times
Living With Karens Allison P. Davis, New York Magazine