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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 …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Cases Soar at Federal Prisons in California; Half at Lompoc Have the Coronavirus by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna As of May 12, 2020, the number of COVID-19 infections had exploded at a trio of federal prisons in southern California, placing one at the top of all 142 facilities …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Unsealed Documents Expose Treatment Failures at San Diego Jail by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In response to a motion filed by the ACLU, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California unsealed documents in June 2019 related to the failures of San Diego …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 17, 2020, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Oakland County Jail …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Prison Officials Limit Prisoner Communications During COVID-19 Crisis by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Prisoners struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — often without masks, sufficient cleaning supplies or the ability to social distance — are crying for help to the outside world by any means possible. Some prison …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Rhode Island Corrections’ Union President Fined for Excessive Political Donations by Bill Barton by Bill Barton The Rhode Island Board of Elections voted in December 2019 to fine correctional officers’ union president Richard Ferruccio for allowing the union’s Political Action Committee (PAC) to exceed the state’s limit on annual campaign …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Journalist
Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Visitor Searches
Hawaii Institutes Non-Contact Visits at Another Prison to Control Contraband by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) has now banned contact visits at three of the state’s correctional institutions: Oahu Correctional Community Center (OCCC), Maui Correctional Community Center (MCCC), and Halawa Correctional Facility (HFC). The …
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 …
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