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06/28/2022

I had two days of hearing before the D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility on my Petition for Reinstatement to the Bar - December 7 and 8, 2021. It was streamed live, and we were given tapes of the livestream. Dawns on me I should post them - why not? Here are links to the videos, and to the...

03/26/2021

Business Insider: California Supreme Court rules it's unconstitutional to detain people in jail because they cannot afford bail.

The ruling requires judges to assess community safety and a defendant's ability to pay bail when determining bail amounts.

02/19/2021

https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2021/02/18/oklahoma-lawmakers-propose-less-ambitious-more-targeted-criminal-justice-reforms/?fbclid=IwAR1s1Vmq_w0B3M06hkDDRUr6YLmkJPg5PxvcNSxM-pQ66xGXx8sor8mvx44

Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform's main goal this session is to bring Oklahoma's prison sentences more in line with the national average.

01/19/2021

https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/18/22237488/new-york-prison-covid-cases-grow-inmates-vaccines-cuomo

Hundreds have tested positive for the virus this month, with daily averages about seven-times higher than early December. Meanwhile, advocates — among them Chelsea Clinton — are calling on Gov. Cuomo to get moving on inoculations.

01/15/2021

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-prison-chief-rebuffs-federal-findings-of-systemic-sexual-abuse-at-lowell/ar-BB1cLhiV?rt=0&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Corrections Secretary Mark Inch said no action has been taken to remedy findings in a U.S. Department of Justice report last month that found female inmates at Lowell Correctional Institution have been subjected to "systemic" sexual abuse for years. The inaction could b...

12/31/2020

After being placed in solitary confinement at New York State’s Fishkill Correctional Center in 2014, 21-year-old Ben Van Zandt, a former honors student who struggled with an undiagnosed mental health condition, begged his family to get him out of isolation. He told his mother, Alicia Barraza, that...

11/14/2020

https://filtermag.org/nyc-jail-medical-pandemic/

At a New York City federal prison that’s recorded relatively few confirmed cases of COVID-19, medical requests made by incarcerated ...

11/14/2020

https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/21-002.pdf

11/10/2020

In a clear victory for prisoners and their families, a federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make federal stimulus payments previously denied to people in prison and jail.

10/26/2020

https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/10/25/21533101/rikers-inmates-record-force-covid-new-york-city

"Hyper-confrontational" correction officers triggered pepper spraying and brawls, according to the latest report from a federal monitor overseeing Rikers Island and other city jails.