US Prison Oversight
@PrisonOversight
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Amplifying coverage of efforts supporting prison and jail oversight around the United States of America.
Joined November 2020
Cuomo loosens reins on prison access for oversight group
timesunion.com
ALBANY — With a stroke of a pen, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday loosened the reins...
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In their own words, these exonerees describe how racism contributed to their wrongful convictions and continued to impact their lives long after they were exonerated.
dispatch.com
They served a combined 76 years for crimes they didn't commit. They were freed from prison but still had to deal with the racism that awaited them.
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Giving prisoners the Covid-19 vaccine early is a common-sense epidemiological call, say public health experts. Research shows that prisons, jails, and detention centers could serve to incubate and seed the virus back into the general community.
themarshallproject.org
Public health experts urge making them a priority—but some push back.
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Layleen Cubilette-Polanco dies at Rikers due to the neglect of care for her epilepsy. Despite the fact that her life threatening seizures were “well known” she was placed in solitary confinement after approval from the jail doctor.
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Join @JewishCjr Weds, Dec 9, 7pm EST for 2nd event (of 6 part webinar series) on #CriminalJusticeReform with Evie Litwok (@WitnessToMI); @AkeemBrowderNYC; @MrJohnnyPerez(@NRCATtweets); moderated by Rabbi Shais Rishon @MaNishtana RSVP: https://t.co/R8mKsJVVoH
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Mississippi inmate deaths expose a corrections system in crisis https://t.co/C3uMMhUuT4 via @YouTube
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Group calls for oversight of solitary confinement in Michigan prisons https://t.co/4fuBvkQOBg via @YouTube
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From 2018 to 2019, #ACJ accounted for 60% (3 out of the 5) accounts in the ENTIRE state of #Pennsylvania in which pregnant women were forced into restraint chairs by staff – deprived of food, water, medicine, bathroom breaks – FOR HOURS UPON HOURS #humanrights #abolishprisons
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Thanks for following our coverage of the @HouseJudiciary oversight hearing on federal prisons and pretrial detention. Use our simple grassroots tool today to advocate for our brothers and sisters behind bars during #COVID19.
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By signing S8046/A10194 @NYGovCuomo has demonstrated commitment to improving prison conditions in NYS. Allowing independent observers more authority to access and examine state prisons will bring transparency & accountability to the most overlooked corners of NY’s justice system.
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Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service https://t.co/YYciqfc0d6 via @YouTube
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Prison oversight should be a priority, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
latimes.com
California state prisons continue to contend with new, growing outbreaks at multiple facilities amid lapses in tracing, testing, and mask-wearing by guards.
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Working on improving our prison systems and holding them accountable should extend beyond their walls to the systems that keep our incarceration rates at all time highs. Our social justice system should not seek prisoners.
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New study concludes that a new bill for solitary confinement reform could save NY state almost $100 million. But many are reluctant to agree due to stigma against inmates.
btpm.org
A fiscal analysis done by the Partnership for the Public Good estimates Erie County would save over $500,000 a year by passing a solitary confinement…
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*Sensitive Content Warning:* #MeToo Behind Bars: Records Shed Light on Sexual Abuse Inside State Women’s Prisons
kqed.org
The state prison system fired at least half a dozen correctional officers in recent years for sexually abusing inmates in their custody.
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Punishing Status and the Punishment Status Quo: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Prisons, 2013-2017 https://t.co/xlSrLon2tx via @OSFramework
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It has been 8 months of being confined to a cage since #COVID19. 23/24 hour lockdown in a kennel sized cell. My close friend recently attempted suicide because of it. He's currently in medical care. Pray for him.
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BREAKING: We just filed a motion asking the court to put an end to the torturous conditions that Lisa Montgomery — the only woman on federal death row — is being held in, and to prevent the added trauma of transferring her to the all-male Terre Haute prison.
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House Democrats subpoena private prison operator in forced hysterectomy case
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Most of your prisons in Alabama are dorms. You have 136 ppl in a dorm designed for 65. How can you social distance? 160% prison capacity and NO RELEASES. Parole being denied at a rate of 87%. ADOC needs new oversight
“The finding that dormitory housing was the strongest risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection is consistent with an earlier study involving multiple prison and jail systems and suggests that social distancing is more challenging in such settings..” https://t.co/tpeKyUbw40
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