Why "transparent" encryption is theoretically more secure, but also locks out police. This web article (which accidentally wasn't published on Tuesday along w my radio story) offers a more complete explanation of DOJ's campaign v. end-to-end crypto. npr.org/2020/02/21/805…

NEW: A team of attorneys from the Prison Law Office and ACLU toured an Arizona prison this week. They warn of "filthy" conditions, a "breeding ground for infectious disease," and a Department of Corrections that is totally unprepared for the #Coronavirus kjzz.org/content/148569…

Breaking: Federal Court orders Arizona Department of Corrections to respond to inmate attorneys' emergency motion requesting a detailed plan to prepare for #coronavirus in state prisons x.com/newsjunkyjimmy…

BREAKING: Private Facebook posts show the Arizona Department of Corrections is selling prison toilet paper to employees at cost during a pandemic, while inmates struggle to access personal hygiene products kjzz.org/content/149494…

I'm getting reports of massive inmate movements in AZ prisons - 100s of people @ multiple facilities being separated & possibly quarantined - work crews still being sent out everyday - yet total radio silence from the Department of Corrections - pls keep sharing [email protected]

Dana Huff is one of 5 people incarcerated in Arizona state prisons who have been approved for clemency based on an “imminent danger of death exception.” Huff and the four other inmates are waiting on Gov. Ducey’s signature so they can be sent home to die. kjzz.org/content/150434…

In other news, the jail incarceration rate fell 12% over ten years. Down 30% for blacks & Hispanics, up 12% for whites. bjs.gov/index.cfm?iid=…

Seattle police chief message to her officers: "Leaving the precinct was not my decision." "It seems like an insult to you and our community." "I'm angry about how all this came about." youtu.be/iH0BwJdw28I?t=…

'A Silent Epidemic' — In the past five years, self-harm incidents in Arizona state prisons have increased more than 360% kjzz.org/content/159215…

During the height of #COVID19 coverage, I missed the new federal analysis of imprisonment stats. Still worth pointing out, though. bjs.gov/content/pub/pd…

Over the last years, police chiefs have been highlighting their depts' embrace of implicit bias training. But there's been precious little study of whether it CHANGES policing. Until now. npr.org/2020/09/10/909…

DOJ memo out today identifying NYC, Portland & Seattle as cities that permit anarchy. But all the evidence given for Seattle anarchy is past tense, connected to the "CHOP," which police cleared out months ago. justice.gov/opa/pr/departm…

EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers tell KJZZ Phoenix a software bug is keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond their release dates - Sources say Department of Corrections leadership has known about the problem since 2019 kjzz.org/content/166098…

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#kuow kuow.org/stories/fatal-… Amy Radil at KUOW KUOW Public Radio

Astonishing story about what might be considered "exoneration fraud"... thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim… Justin Fenton

We tracked down the vehicle believed to be involved in a recent murder of a Muslim man in Albuquerque. The driver was detained and he is our primary suspect for the murders. We will update the media later this afternoon.

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