stolen identities Man escapes prison by impersonating his cellmate, who was to be released Carla Sinclair

prison Derek Chauvin, the cop who murdered George Floyd, is stabbed in federal prison Rob Beschizza

infrastructure Inmate breaks through prison wall, to get to other inmate he wanted to attack Rob Beschizza

music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

science fiction Kickstart the audiobook for Cory Doctorow's new novel, Red Team Blues Thom Dunn

books "Prisons Make Us Safer" tackles myths of mass incarceration Elías Villoro

music Music for crime prevention and torture David Pescovitz

tabloids Bill Clinton searches Area 51 for aliens in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Bidens fexting (not sexting) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

makers Jail inmate crafted Christmas village model from commissary items, officers promptly confiscated it as contraband David Pescovitz

security If the Silk Road founder had used a BusKill, he'd be a crypto billionaire somewhere in eastern Europe right now instead of serving life in prison Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Bill Gates and the Royal wiretap scandal in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein's prison confession, the world's most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko's rotten feet in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

Entertainment Federal judge rejects R. Kelly's coronavirus get out of jail request Xeni Jardin

Business Despite 50 state AGs' antitrust investigations, Google stocks hit an all time high Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

science fiction That time Charlton Comics published a trans sci-fi story in 1953 Thom Dunn

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

futurism A timeline of (possible, fascinating) future events from a (wide) variety of perspectives Cory Doctorow