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Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Around the globe, governments are releasing prisoners in an attempt to mitigate the threat of COVID-19-related mass deaths in their jails and prisons. However, Third World countries are far ahead …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Status of the Pandemic Heading into Summer by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. Though the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in the United States and around the world, numerous areas of the country have staged re-openings. They were premature and poorly conceived, so it’s no surprise …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather government officials’ inept reaction to the pandemic, has led to unrest in prisons around the world—especially in South America and the Middle East. This has resulted in the escape …
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against CoreCivic Prison in Arizona over COVID-19 Failures by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit against a private prison run by CoreCivic in Florence, Arizona, claiming that staff has failed to protect its prisoners and the community …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Federal Judge’s Order Granting COVID-19 Relief to Elderly Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2020 the United States Supreme Court rejected a class-action lawsuit filed by two elderly Texas prisoners that would have forced the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Alabama Should Release Elder Prisoners at Risk for COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The efficacy of states continuing to retain elderly prisoners has been questioned by corrections experts for decades. The problems with continuing to needlessly incarcerate senior prisoners has become even more germane amidst the ongoing coronavirus …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis As a result of a ruling June 5, 2020, hundreds of immigrant detainees held by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in south Florida may have to be released. That …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Lawsuit Over Conditions at BOP’s New York City Prison Continues as COVID-19 Spreads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A prison health expert report found that Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is “not prepared to effectively contain any outbreak of COVID-19 and its practices put detainees and staff at …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Florida Guards and Prisoners Fear COVID-19 Infection by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of essential employees as the economy shut down in an effort to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus has been on the bravery of health-care workers in hospitals and …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
COVID-19 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”That’s a famous quote from Luke Skywalker, a character in 1977’s Star Wars, as his Millennium Falcon spacecraft emerges from faster-than-light speed only to find Alderaan, its destination planet, has …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Delaware Changes Prison Health Care Provider Due to Lawsuits Against Prior Contract Holder by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins March 2020 brought sweeping changes to the way people lived and worked as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic spread across the country. Prisons, where social distancing was often difficult or …
Brief • July 1, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Jones v. Hill, GA, Complaint, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02791-ELR Document 1 Filed 07/01/20 Page 1 of 112 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RHONDA JONES; RANDOLPH MITCHELL; MICHAEL SINGLETON; and BARRY WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
Brief • June 18, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Banks v. Booth, Washington DC, Memorandum Opinion, Covid 19 Reelease, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00849-CKK Document 100 Filed 06/18/20 Page 1 of 40 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EDWARD BANKS, et al., Plaintiffs v. Civil Action No. 20-849(CKK) QUINCY L. BOOTH, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OPINION (June 18, …
Fenty v. Penzone, AZ, Complaint, Covid Response, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01192-SPL--JZB Document 1 Filed 06/16/20 Page 1 of 51 1 2 3 4 5 Larry J. Wulkan (021404) STINSON LLP Firm Identification Number 00462400 1850 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4584 Telephone: (602) 212-8511 Fax: (602) 240-6925 Email: larry.wulkan@stinson.com …
Brief • June 9, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Chunn v. Edge, NY, Memo and Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01590-RPK-RLM Document 112 Filed 06/09/20 Page 1 of 62 PageID #: 3615 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------X HASSAN CHUNN; NEHEMIAH McBRIDE; AYMAN RABADI by his Next Friend Migdaliz Quinones; JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ, by his Next …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Thinking in a Pandemic: Let the People Go by Joseph Margulies States should release from prison far more than the very small percentage of low-level, nonviolent offenders they hold. by Joseph Margulies, Boston Review, April 20, 2020 http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/joseph-margulies-prisons-and-pandemics COVID-19 spreads where people congregate. With rare exception, it preys on the …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus by Noting a “significant level of infection” of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Elkton, Ohio, U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal on April …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
‘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 …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
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 …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Wrongful Death
Coronavirus Kills Michigan Prisoner Days Before His Release After Serving 44 Years by Chad Marks by Chad Marks William Garrison was 16 years old when he was arrested and eventually convicted of first-degree murder. He would spend the next 44 years of his life behind bars. On April 13, 2020, …
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