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Brief • December 3, 2020
Malam and v. Alhalmi, MI, order, medical expert inspection of Calhoun re COVID-19, 2020 Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 439, PageID.11434 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Janet Malam, Petitioner-Plaintiff, and Qaid Alhalmi, et al., Case No. 20-10829 Judith E. Levy …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For those with loved ones in prisons, the coronavirus pandemic has increased the desire for communication to ensure the well-being of the imprisoned. The exorbitant cost of such calls is straining already-stretched budgets. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
New Jersey Releases 2,258 Prisoners to Combat COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After releasing almost 1,000 inmates from state prisons and 700 more from county jails in April 2020, New Jersey’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it would release another 2,258  prisoners on November 5, 2020, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Missouri Executes Prisoner During COVID-19 Crisis by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Whenever the subject of the death penalty comes up, people usually think of Texas, the capital of capital punishment in the United States. [PLN, November 2018, p. 15] However, even the death merchants in the nation’s most carceral, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Connecticut Prisoner Commits Suicide With COVID-19 Protective Mask by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Daniel Ocasio committed suicide on August 12, 2020 at the Corrigan-Radkowski Correctional Center in Uncasville, Connecticut by tying the strings of his protective mask around his throat. His death made national news because it is the …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
The Latest on COVID-19: Will Vaccines be Available Soon? by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. The U.S. is experiencing the most widespread COVID-19 epidemic so far. Daily new infections diagnosed are over 150,000. More than 70,000 are hospitalized on any given day. As PLN was going …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Fifth Circuit Order Denies Texas Prisoners Hand Sanitizer and Cleaning Supplies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of a Texas’ federal judge’s injunction compelling the Texas Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies to prisoners at the …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
COVID-19 Deaths in Jails, Prisons Exceed Number of Deaths by Execution From 1990 to Present by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in jails and prisons across the county. The number of virus-related prisoner deaths reached 1,453 on November 17, 2020. This number exceeds the 1,406 …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California Appellate Court Orders 50% Reduction in San Quentin Population Over Fears of COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 20, 2020, after finding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s COVID-19 risk, the state’s First Appellate District Court …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Education
COVID-19 Lockdowns in Prisons Affecting Post-Secondary Education by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Higher education in prisons is being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 quarantine. Prisons are finding their post-secondary programs evolving into correspondence classes or falling away completely. Advocates fear that this will affect every aspect of an offender’s …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 in the Country’s Largest Female Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Texas may have bragging rights for the largest state prison system in the United States, but California still has the single largest female prison in the country. According to attorney Alison Hardy of California’s Prison Law Office, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A major outbreak of COVID-19 has hit Alaska’s biggest prison. Nearly 300 prisoners out of about 1,300 inmates at the Goose Creek Correctional Center near Wasilla tested positive for COVID-19, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) reported in late November. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Maine Superspreader: Few Masks at Wedding Lead to Big Problems at Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An August 2020 wedding in Millinocket, Maine, turned into the state’s largest super spreader event for the coronavirus. Within the next two months, over 170 cases and eight deaths could be traced …
Campbell v. Barnes, CA, Memo of Points and Authorities, Covid Release, 2020 Electronically Filed by Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 11/30/2020 08:45:10 PM. 30-2020-01141117-CU-WM-CXC - ROA # 239 - DAVID H. YAMASAKI, Clerk of the Court By e Clerk, Deputy Clerk. 1 CASSANDRA STUBBS (SBN 218849) OLIVIA ENSIGN …
Campbell v. Barnes, CA, Ptf. Denial in Response to Order to Show Cause, Covid Release, 2020 Electronically Filed by Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 11/30/2020 08:45:00 PM. 30-2020-01141117-CU-WM-CXC - ROA # 237 - DAVID H. YAMASAKI, Clerk of the Court By e Clerk, Deputy Clerk. 1 CASSANDRA STUBBS …
Publication • November 17, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Prison COVID-19: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR PRISONERS Vol 1, Number 10 COVID-19 COVID 19 IInformation f ti ffor P Prisoners i and d Staff St ff  Volume  V l Volume 1 Number 1, N b 10, 10 December D b 2020 2020 COVID-19: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR PRISONERS …
Publication • November 16, 2020
MASS INCARCERATION, MEET COVID-19 11/16/20 U. Chi. L. Rev. Online *4 MASS INCARCERATION, MEET COVID-19 Sharon Dolovich1 From the earliest days of the pandemic, it was clear that the novel coronavirus posed an outsized danger to the more than two million people locked inside America’s prisons and jails. Responding to …
Brief • November 5, 2020
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Reply in Support of Plf Motion to Compel Employee Testing, Covid Response, 2020 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1353-1 Filed: 11/05/20 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:18234 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Mental Health Crisis in California’s Lock-Ups Worsens With COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has been challenged regarding care for its mentally ill prisoners for decades. Rather than improve under a class action lawsuit dating back to 1990 (now Plata v. …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Report: Screening Failures Cited in COVID-19 Outbreak in California Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California’s Office of Inspector General released a 47-page report in August 2020, which stated that vague testing guidelines, faulty thermometers and inadequate training contributed to the COVID-19 outbreak in the state’s prisons, killing 54 …
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