by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, and Neal Marquez, UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 20, 2021
When the pandemic hit, prison systems around the country started posting COVID-19 data for their facilities. This measure of transparency marked a striking departure from business as usual for American prisons, which typically operate ...
by Maya Chaudhuri, Sharon Dolovich, and Aaron Littman
The UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project collects and reports on the rates of COVID-19 in prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers across the country, in addition to tracking related legal filings and court orders, releases, and grassroots organizing. Since December, ...
by Sharon Dolovich and Brendan Saloner
Most Americans across states with spiking infection rates are choosing to recommit to social distancing to keep themselves safe. But one group of Americans does not have the luxury to make that choice: people in prison.
In the United States, the incarcerated typically live ...
by Sharon Dolovich
Most of America’s 2.3 million prisoners cannot practice social distancing. They are packed into overcrowded facilities, living, sleeping and bathing within feet—sometimes inches—of each other. What’s more, they often lack sufficient basics, including soap, warm water and clean towels, let alone hand sanitizer. Unless radical action is ...
by Sharon Dolovich1
Anyone familiar with the constitutional law of prisoners’ rights knows how ready courts are to find against prisoners in the name of “judicial deference.” It is not unreasonable for courts to grant a measure of deference to state actors tasked with a job as complex, challenging and ...
