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Apr 22, 2020
New Model Shows COVID-19 Death Toll is 100,000 Higher Than Current Projections
Failure to reduce jail population is the Achilles heel for the efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
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Prisoners' Rights
Apr 21, 2020
Civil Rights Lawyers File Complaint Against State Officials Over COVID-19 Outbreaks in Arkansas State Prisons
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 鈥� Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, Disability Rights Arkansas, the American Civil Liberties Un...
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Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Apr 21, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut Files Federal Emergency Lawsuit to Force Governor, Commissioner of Correction to Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19
HARTFORD, Conn. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut filed a federal class action lawsuit late last night on behalf of all people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails, seeking emer...
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Prisoners' Rights
Apr 16, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan Urges Governor Gretchen Whitmer to Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
DETROIT, Mich. 鈥� Following a new Detroit Free Press analysis that the COVID-19 infection rate at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson exceeds that of jails in New York an...
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Smart Justice
Apr 15, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 Urges Georgia State Parole Board to Use Its Constitutional Power to Release Those Age 62 and Older
老澳门开奖结果 Letters Urge Release of Two Individuals Ages 65 and 81
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Smart Justice
Apr 15, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut Statement Regarding Today鈥檚 Hearing in Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association et al v Lamont et al
HARTFORD, Conn. 鈥� The Connecticut Superior Court today held a telephone hearing* for oral arguments regarding a class action lawsuit brought by the 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut seeking em...
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