Philadelphia stopped making arrests.
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Michigan closed some stations.
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With courts closed by pandemic, Philly police stop low-level arrests to manage jail crowding
That news came as a relief to advocates who have worried that, in light of court closures, those held pretrial could be incarcerated indefinitely — and that jail populations could quickly balloon as a result.