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Lawsuit seeks release of old, at-risk inmates due to virus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to release elderly and vulnerable inmates from the state prisons who would be at greatest risk from the coronavirus outbreak. Two inmates with preexisting conditions joined together with Disability Rights Wisconsin and criminal defense attorneys on Friday’s lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by the …
Jail Inmates Could Receive Federal Healthcare Under Proposal From Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley . News
For more than 50 years, people booked into local jails have been stripped of their federal healthcare benefits, leaving an already vulnerable population with even less support. At the same time, the U.S. Constitution requires jails to provide adequate medical care. That lack of federal dollars coupled with the mandate saddles jails with what is often their …
Limestone County Jail launches program to provide mental health services for newly-released inmates
Please enable Javascript to watch this video ATHENS, Ala. – Limestone County Commission approved a resolution this morning to reduce the number of people with mental illness in the Limestone County Jail. The Stepping Up Initiative is a national program, which was adapted by Morgan County last year. The program is launching in January and …
Mentally ill prison inmates are dying. Are private health care companies to blame? – CBSN Originals
Watch the CBSN Originals documentary, “The Perils of Private Prison Health Care,” in the video player above. It streams on CBSN Sunday, October 6, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. Mariam Abdullah had dreamed of becoming a firefighter, but that dream ended only six weeks after her 18th birthday when she died …
For Inmates Like Epstein, Suicide Watch Is Meant to Be Short
NEW YORK (AP) — Suicide is such a constant concern at federal jails that guards have ready access to “the stick,” a wooden pole with a sharpened blade at the end that’s used to cut down inmates if they try to hang themselves with bedsheets. That’s believed to be exactly how Jeffrey Epstein took his …
DOC releases inmates’ protected health information
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin prison officials say they illegally released information that could reveal whether inmates are in substance abuse treatment. The Department of Corrections said Thursday that officials responding to an open records request released records on June 24 that contained 1,041 inmates’ personal identification numbers and locations. No names were released but DOC …
4 inmates at a juvenile justice facility in Florida staged a fight, overpowered staff and escaped, officials say
The inmates then fought off staff in a control room and pushed a button to release the front door, a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page says. The boys stole a staff member’s car keys, cell phone and purse and took off with the car, a bronze, 4-door Infiniti Q50 with Florida tag LANE19, …
