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Prolonged COVID-19 Visitation Restrictions Net Georgia Jails Over $1.5 Million in Telecom Kickbacks by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi According to a report by the Georgia Current on April 14, 2023, jails in several of the state’s coastal counties were still profiting by extending COVID-19 visitation bans, forcing detainees and …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Third Connecticut Prison Lockdown in Five Months by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss When an apparently intoxicated prisoner allegedly assaulted a guard at Connecticut’s largest prison on June 13, 2023, the lockup was put on lockdown. It was at least the third time this year that a state Department …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Study Shows COVID-19 Drove Prison Death Rates 50% Higher by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The COVID-19 pandemic is over but not forgotten. Highlighting the virus’s deadly toll on American prisoners, an analysis published by the New York Times on February 19, 2023, tracked the impact of the disease during …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi In its final rule that took effect on May 4, 2023, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) declared that prisoners placed on home confinement by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under eligibility …
Brief • June 6, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Gray v. County of Riverside, CA, Order Terminating Covid-19 Plan, Covid-19, 2023 Case 5:13-cv-00444-VAP-OP Document 221 Filed 06/06/23 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #:18159 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 QUINTON GRAY, et al., on behalf …
Publication • 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
The UCLA Law Covid Behind Bars Data Project-Doing Social Injustice Work From Inside a Law School, 2023 THE UCLA LAW COVID BEHIND BARS DATA PROJECT: Doing Social Justice Work from Inside a Law School Sharon Dolovich1 Table of Contents I. The UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project: A Brief …
Brief • May 15, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Order on Motion and Joinder , Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 240 Filed 05/15/23 Page 1 of 11 1 SKC 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Claudia Romero-Lorenzo, 10 11 12 Plaintiff, No. …
Brief • May 4, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Response to Dft's Motion for Reconsideration, Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 237 Filed 05/04/23 Page 1 of 15 1 Jean-Jacques Cabou (#022835) Thomas D. Ryerson (#028073) 2 Matthew R. Koerner (#035018) Margo R. Casselman (#034963) 3 PERKINS COIE LLP 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 4 …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
No Pay for Iowa Prisoners Overdosed With COVID-19 Vaccine by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On October 3, 2022, the State Appeals Board of Iowa heeded the advice of the state Attorney General’s office and unanimously rejected the claims of a group of state prisoners overdosed with COVID-19 vaccine. When …
Brief • March 30, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Order, Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 231 Filed 03/30/23 Page 1 of 47 1 SKC 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Claudia Romero-Lorenzo, et. al. 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, No. CV-20-00901-PHX-DJH (ESW) ORDER …
Brief • March 16, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Floreal-Wooten v. Helder, AR, Memo Opinion and Order, Covid-19, 2023 Case 5:22-cv-05011-TLB Document 51 Filed 03/16/23 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 398 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION EDRICK FLOREAL-WOOTEN; JEREMIAH LITTLE; JULIO GONZALES; DAYMAN BLACKBURN; and THOMAS FRITCH V. PLAINTIFFS CASE NO. …
Publication • March 7, 2023
HI Correctional System Oversight Commission-OCCC Site Tour Observations-March 2023 JOSH GREEN, M.D. MARK PATTERSON GOVERNOR CHAIR CHRISTIN M. JOHNSON OVERSIGHT COORDINATOR STATE OF HAWAII HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION 235 S. Beretania Street, 16 Floor th COMMISSIONERS HON. MICHAEL A. TOWN (ret.) HON. RONALD IBARRA (ret.) TED SAKAI MARTHA TORNEY …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
More Drugs Seized by Florida DOC During COVID-19 Lockdowns Than Before by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Contraband statistics obtained from the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) during pandemic lockdowns debunk officials’ theory that visitors and mail are the main source of smuggling into state prisons. Instead the August …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A special report issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in August 2022 tracked the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in state and federal prisons. It found they suffered high rates …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Georgia Jails Faulted in Struggle With High COVID-19 Infection Rates by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Nearly all of Georgia’s 159 counties struggled with medium to high levels of COVID-19 infections, especially in county jails. But an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation published on August 22, 2022, blamed a laissez-faire approach …
Article • January 9, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Visiting
Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Michigan state prisoners are having a grim winter. Quarantine orders are in effect at 11 state lockups suffering outbreaks of the flu and COVID-19. Two prisons, Macomb Correctional Facility (CF) …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Class Actions
Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail by Kevin Bliss, Jayson Hawkins by Kevin W. Bliss and Jayson Hawkins On April 12, 2022, the federal court for the District of Columbia approved a settlement agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit which challenged conditions of confinement during the COVID-19 …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
COVID-19 Stimulus Garnished From Federal Prisoner, but Only After Eighth Circuit Says ‘Not So Fast’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled that money may not be withdrawn from a federal prisoner’s trust account, even to …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$3.7 Million in Attorney Fees Paid to Settle COVID-19 Class-Action at Orange County Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 12, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California granted final approval to a class-action settlement resolving claims against California’s Orange County Jail (OCJ) over its …
Article • November 5, 2022
$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 21, 2021, a federal lawsuit filed by an Illinois prisoner against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was dismissed, after the state agreed to pay …
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