COVID-19 and shining light on practical ways to reduce incarceration #cjreform #challengemassincarceration
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Sheriffs, who manage jails, have reported in at least one instance in Texas, to not admit persons with low level offenses. Note: they can do this anytimehttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/03/12/facing-coronavirus-concerns-collin-county-sheriff-asks-police-not-to-bring-petty-criminals-to-jail/ …
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Also happening in San Antonio (Bexar County) https://twitter.com/ksatnews/status/1238475137638436865 … with additional information
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Chatham County Jail in Georgia too https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20200311/chatham-county-jail-wonrsquot-hold-misdemeanor-criminals-if-coronavirus-comes-to-county …
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.@criticalresistance issued an abolitionist response to
#COVIDー19 https://mailchi.mp/criticalresistance/abolitionist-steps-to-combat-covid-19-behind-bars?e=261cd80a95 …Show this thread -
On prisons: if officials used or are considering using eligible release authority for certain persons in prison we probably don't know it and may not until this long over. That's probably a good thing.
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Encouraged by the popular support demanding releases . There has been a great deal of activity in family forums that share visitation information & other updates. COVID-19 serves to remind us of the large community actively challenging
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Great letter out of Pennsylvania with many endorsers including
@AbolitionistLChttps://medium.com/@abolitionistlawcenter/protecting-public-health-in-allegheny-county-release-and-divert-people-from-allegheny-county-jail-abdd35013aa …Show this thread -
News out of Travis County (Austin) https://www.statesman.com/news/20200316/travis-county-judges-releasing-inmates-to-limit-coronavirus-spread?fbclid=IwAR0hqAUwUTRabtXXrdWK-MhYVRfZz1iNqtJC1rM5CT3s4ETvzKEuG88XCGY …
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VA Beach Sheriff moving some persons to home incarceration to manage against COVID-19 spreadhttps://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-sheriff-releasing-nonviolent-inmates-from-city-jail-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/?fbclid=IwAR3Gj0Sszu_M4dfyxJhgphwnl5Y8G7qhQkjJVQx4mDSTkScZlnEzxbx1t38 …
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Another county jail in Virginia announced efforts to release eligible persons to prevent
#COVID-19 H/t@ItsMonicaReidhttps://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2020/03/18/middle-river-regional-jail-releasing-inmates-ease-overcrowding/5067318002/ …Show this thread -
West Tennessee counties taking steps "In Madison County, the sheriff's office has temporarily stopped processing criminal summons and misdemeanor citations in an effort to reduce person-to-person contact"https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2020/03/18/west-tennessee-sheriffs-coronavirus-precautions-jails/5068754002/ …
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Florida response complicated: state slowing prison admissions to prevent COVID-19 leading to jail crowding, choice is for jails to manage down population toohttps://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2020/03/18/floridas-jails-face-potential-overcrowding-due-to-coronavirus/ …
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Alabama County Judge ordered persons in several counties releasedhttps://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2020/03/18/county-jail-inmates-ordered-released-autauga-elmore-chilton-counties/2871087001/ …
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Another Ohio County authorized to release certain incarcerated personshttps://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2020/03/16/coronavirus-hamilton-county-sheriff-release-low-risk-inmates/5062700002/ …
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Los Angeles jail releases documented here https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/los-angeles-coronavirus-inmates-early-release …
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News out of Allegheny County. h/t
@NastassiaWalsh@AbolitionistLChttps://www.pittsburghcurrent.com/189-incarcerated-persons-set-to-be-released-from-allegheny-county-jail-more-likely/ …Show this thread -
Oklahoma Department of Corrections not accepting persons from county jails h/t
@maddow https://oklahoman.com/article/5658121/coronavirus-in-oklahoma-corrections-department-stops-accepting-inmates-from-jails …?Show this thread -
Missed Harris County, Texas (Houston and my hometown) policy on limiting jail admissions and judges release certain people. Previous steps taken by other TX counties mentioned too.https://www.texasobserver.org/some-texas-officials-want-to-divert-people-from-jail-amid-coronavirus-scare/ …
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This is possible when we aren't in the middle of a public health crisis. It shouldn't take a pandemic to stop disappearing people and disrupting their lives. The only response to a pandemic is decarceration.
#Covid_19#endmassincarcerationhttps://twitter.com/SceneSallard/status/1241048283851751425?s=20 …Show this thread -
Alameda County - h/t
@MikeLawlorhttps://www.mercurynews.com/east-bay-jail-looks-to-reduce-jail-population-by-keeping-only-violent-criminals …Show this thread -
Thread highlights recent trends in Connecticut’s unified correctional system. No practice changes publicly adopted in response to
#Covid_19, but correctional population - jail & prison - down significantly in recent weeks. h/t@MikeLawlor https://twitter.com/mikelawlor/status/1241326419873062917?s=21 …https://twitter.com/MikeLawlor/status/1241326419873062917 …
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Local jail in Greenwood, SC added to this listhttp://www.indexjournal.com/news/covid-19/jail-reduces-inmate-population-by-expediting-court-cases/article_d704e7ed-e187-588f-9d9b-2e0228705253.html?fbclid=IwAR3jus2S8oJj5rnQxFSYJul-SKehqAKMID3x7OIqS5epmXHzYFfuxcUbXJk …
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First state prison system. "By accelerating the release wait list, more beds will open up, which can allow the correctional facility to move inmates more easily if an outbreak does occur in a prison. Iowa’s eight prisons are already about 23% overcrowded"https://www.timesrepublican.com/news/todays-news/2020/03/iowas-prisons-will-accelerate-release-of-approved-inmates-to-mitigate-covid-19/ …
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The North Dakota parole board gave early release dates to 56 incarcerated persons during a special meeting last week due to COVID19.https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/doc-noem-not-planning-special-coronavirus-releases-from-prisons/article_d999f510-7c7c-5d19-ab3a-77176002ef99.html …
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@GovPritzker issued executive order waiving minimum 14-day notification to the State Attorney’s office for early release of persons to ease restrictionshttp://loyolaphoenix.com/2020/03/illinois-reaches-1285-covid-19-cases-gov-pritzker-eases-restrictions-on-prison-release/ …Show this thread -
[A]uthorities [released] at least 90 [persons], most of them womenhttps://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/03/21/hundreds-utah-inmates/?fbclid=IwAR3r8BcHeEkoAOcyP3pmBu9XWkEj4MMsDC_LUH4YZn2QGd18hALk4vM9X1c …
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Release plan for persons pretrial and sentenced to nonviolent misdemeanorshttps://azdailysun.com/news/local/coconino-county-jail-releases-nonviolent-inmates-in-light-of-coronavirus/article_a6046904-18ff-532a-9dba-54a58862c50b.html …
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St. Louis City planning on releaseshttps://fox2now.com/news/city-of-st-louis-prepares-to-release-low-risk-offenders-to-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19/ …
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California joins Wisconsin and Florida in stopping new prison admissions during pandemic
#COVID-19https://www.correctionsone.com/jail-management/articles/gov-gavin-newsom-halts-state-prison-intake-for-30-days-UX4S8VmHH7g7prT6/ …Show this thread - Show replies
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