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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: Settlements
Former Missouri Jail Prisoner Ordered to Repay $1.3 Million Settlement for Faking Injuries But Whereabouts Unknown by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On October 17, 2019 a former Missouri prisoner accused of faking injuries while in Boone County Jail was ordered to repay almost $1.3 million from a settlement in which …
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, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Prison Postcards: Official Accounts Differ from Prisoner Accounts as the Pandemic Spreads by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Ever since the coronavirus epidemic exploded in the United States earlier this year, government officials have reassured the public that they had things tightly under control. On February 26, before anyone in …
Interview: David Fathi of ACLU’s National Prison Project on Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Coronavirus by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein David Fathi is Director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, which brings challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons, jails, and other detention facilities, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Voting Rights
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Vastly Reduce Prison Voting by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In the months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic being declared, voting rights activists were gaining momentum in helping those in jail register and arrange to cast ballots. In the aftermath of the pandemic’s outbreak, activists now …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Hygiene Supplies
Eleventh Circuit Says COVID-19-Wracked Miami Jail Can’t Be Forced to Give Prisoners Soap, Masks by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a Florida district court’s preliminary injunction that required officials at Miami’s Metro West Detention Center (Metro West) …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
These Sheriffs Release Sick Inmates to Avoid Paying Their Hospital Bills by Connor Sheets, AL.com, with ProPublica This article was produced in partnership with AL.com, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This article was originally published …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Staying Alive: A Doctor’s Guide for Prisoners on Staying Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. We are entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Efforts to prevent infection by closing all but essential businesses, staying at home, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Company Hawking Prison Phone Monitoring Technology as Way to Discover Coronavirus Infections by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Los Angeles-based company has been selling to jails and prison systems phone-monitoring technology that searches for keywords, touting it as a way to discover COVID-19 infections early. LEO Technologies developed the …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright It seems like an eternity since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S. in January of this year and the first deaths began occurring in March. Now, each day brings grim news for American prisoners. Everyone I know in the prisoner rights …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Escapes
North Carolina Prisoner Escapes to Flee Coronavirus Death Sentence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Fearing his existing medical condition could transform his sentence to death if he caught COVID-19, federal prisoner Richard Cephas elected to escape. After nearly a month on the run, Cephas turned himself in on …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Ohio Prisoner with Coronavirus Released Without Use of Preventative Measures; Cases Inside Soaring by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) is being criticized for its mishandling of circumstances surrounding a prisoner’s release during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Cherry was released from Marion Correctional …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
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, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Doctors have warned about the toxicity of K2, a common synthetic marijuana smuggled into prisons. Alabama Department of Corrections narcotics dog Jake, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, died after an allergic reaction to the substance found in a July 2019 contraband search at Staton Correctional Facility …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Prison Conditions
Alabama Reopens Ancient Prison to Quarantine COVID-19 Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prisons are obvious contagion grounds for COVID-19, and conditions in Alabama are among the worst in the nation. Now, it appears, those conditions could get worse even as the coronavirus problem is rapidly spreading at prisons …
CoreCivic Detention Center Demanded Detainees Sign Liability Release to Receive Masks by David Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter Detainees at CoreCivic’s Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in California were enthusiastic when told they would be issued face masks to protect themselves from COVID-19. The mood changed quickly when …
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