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Sentencing Law and Policy
Book-ending the work week with another round of recent pieces on our current COVID prison state
In this post on Monday, I started the work week with extended round up of more than a dozen notable stories and pieces of commentary on the state of incarceration…
Human Rights at Home Blog
US Does Little To Protect Incarcerated People From COVID
Despite advocacy asking states to release incarcerated individuals early, the US has released relatively few people in comparison with other countries. Prisons and jails are not safe for the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Decarceration in the Face of a Pandemic"
There is a whole lot of terrific commentary these days about the intersection of criminal justice, incarceration and the COVID crisis. If you only have time to read one piece,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Incarceration amid pandemic can be a matter of life and death
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last month prohibiting the release of inmates on personal bonds if they were accused or convicted of a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Which states are doing best (or doing worst) responding to COVID incarceration challenges?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new Baltimore Sun article headlined "Maryland said it has released 2,000 inmates from prisons and jails to slow…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Closing a long week with a long list of articles and commentaries highlighting how COVID keeps coursing through incarceration nation
Every week seem extra long these days, and blah weather had me feeling extra blah during this extra long work week. But I know I am quite lucky to endure…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Brennan Center urges all Governors to use executive authority to "release vulnerable people who pose no risk to public safety from incarceration"
The title of this post would make plenty of sense even in a world without COVID, as vulnerable people who pose no risk to public safety really ought not be…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More headlines provide more windows on the intersection of incarceration and the coronavirus
I now feel almost compelled to do a new post every day with the latest headlines on the coronavirus infecting prisoners and staffers. Today's round up of stories will include…
Simple Justice
A Practical Warden
Bill Lapinskas was remarkable in that he had the epiphany while he was still in a position to do something about it, and he did. The Department of Corrections was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Connecting realities of incarceration to the outbreak of coronavirus
I have now seen a handful of notable stories connecting incarceration and coronavirus. Here is a sampling: From the Los Angeles Times, "They were already in China’s prisons. Now the…