‘Prisons Are No Place for a Pandemic:’ Advocates Fight to Free Their Loved Ones by Victoria Law Women of color are fearful about the Covid-19 outbreak within the system by Victoria Law, ZORA by Medium (zora.medium.com) Theresa is currently isolating alone in her Harlem apartment. Because Theresa has asthma and …
GEO Jail in New York City Sees Rapid Spread of Coronavirus by A GEO Group-run jail in Queens, New York City, saw coronavirus cases surge in the facility in May 2020. The 222-bed medium/minimum-security federal Queens Detention Facility, New York City’s only privately run jail, reported 25 prisoners and 10 …
Large Scale Releases and Public Safety by Peter Wagner Can governments safely release hundreds or thousands of people from prison? We offer 14 historical examples to show that, in fact, they already have. by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/ To protect the American public from COVID-19, schools have closed, …
New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 6, 2020, New York Supreme Court Judge Mark Dwyer ordered the release of 18 pre-trial detainees held at Rikers Island in response to a lawsuit brought by attorneys …
New York Federal Guard Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New York federal judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto on July 31, 2019, sentenced former Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Eugenio Perez to 25 years in prison. A jury in May 2018 found Perez …
Fordham Urban Law Journal, NY, Officer Use of Force and the Failure of Oversight of New York City Jails, 2020 Fordham Urban Law Journal Volume 47 Number 5 Article 4 2020 Officer Use of Force and the Failure of Oversight of New York City Jails Jennifer Ferentz Follow this and …
No Price on Justice, NY, New York's Ferguson Problem, 2020 New York’s Ferguson Problem How the state’s racist fee system punishes poverty, lacks transparency, and is overdue for reform I NT R O D U CTIO N After police in Ferguson, Missouri, killed Michael Brown in 2014, a U.S. Department …
New York City Board of Correction, NY, the Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, 2020 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION1 The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco 1991-2019 June 23, 2020 Authored by Kate McMahon, Deputy General Counsel. Special thanks and acknowledgment to all Board staff and others who assisted or …
Early Prison Release for Gangsta Rapper Sped Up by Coronavirus by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Daniel Hernandez was a Brooklyn rap artist who managed to achieve no small measure of fame. To his fans he was Tekashi 6ix9ine. He decided to live the gangsta life and rapped about his …
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Paroled New Yorker Wrongfully Confined; Awarded $3,250 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Clarence Delaney, Jr. was granted $40 per day for 88 days of unlawful confinement by the State of New York, receiving a total payment of $3,250. He also was able to recover his 42 USC § 1983 …
Rikers Island Prisoners Helped with Preparations to Bury the Coronavirus Dead by Prisoners jailed with a conviction at New York’s Rikers Island were offered $6 an hour to dig mass graves at Hart Island, where more than 1 million mostly indigent city residents are already buried. In a city with …
Emergency Cancellation of Attorney Visits Subject to Court Oversight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 20, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the cancellation of lawyer-client visits at the Metropolitan Detention Center-Brooklyn (MDC). The court urged a quick resolution …
New Yorker Held Three Years at Rikers Island Before Acquittal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A man from New York City was held three years in a Rikers Island jail before a Brooklyn jury acquitted him October 1, 2019 of a knife-point armed robbery. Mike Colon, 51, was just …
Fernandez-Rodriguez v. Licon-Vitale, NY, Class Action Petition, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-03315-ER Document 1 Filed 04/28/20 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CESAR FERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZ, ROBER GALVEZ-CHIMBO, SHARON HATCHER, JONATHAN MEDINA, and JAMES WOODSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, …
USA v. Marks, NY, Decision and Order, Sentence Reduction, 2020 Case 6:03-cr-06033-DGL Document 536 Filed 04/20/20 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ___________________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DECISION AND ORDER Plaintiff, 03-CR-6033L v. CHAD MARKS, Defendant. ___________________________________________ In 2006, defendant Chad Marks was …
People of the State of NY v. Capra, NY, Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020 INDEX NO. UNASSIGNED CAUTION: THIS DOCUMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY CLERK. (See below.) NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER THE PEOPLE …
Chunn v. Edge, NY, Declaration of Homer Venters, COVID-19, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01590-RPK-RLM Document 26-4 Filed 04/03/20 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 299 Exhibit C Case 1:20-cv-01590-RPK-RLM Document 26-4 Filed 04/03/20 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 300 I, Homer Venters, hereby declare the following: Background 1. I am a …
Chunn v. Edge, NY, Notice of Deposition, COVID-19 Release, 2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HASSAN CHUNN, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 20 Civ. 1590 Petitioners - against - WARDEN DEREK EDGE, Respondent. NOTICE OF DEPOSITION PURSUANT TO FED. …
Ramsundar v. Wolf, NY, Order, COVID-19 Immigrant Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00361-LJV Document 71 Filed 04/09/20 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SHANE RAMSUNDAR, et al., Petitioners, 20-CV-402 ORDER v. CHAD WOLF, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., Respondents. VERNON JONES, …
