On Feb. 29, a funeral for 64-year-old Andrew Jerome Mitchell in the small rural town of Albany, Georgia, unknowingly became what health experts call a “super spreading event” for the coronavirus. In the days and weeks …
Rachel Barkow, vice dean and professor at New York University’s School of Law, discusses how Governors can use clemency powers to slow the spread of COVID-19 in prison and jail populations, as well as, slow …
New data analysis published Friday in a report by The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress finds that rural jails are particularly ill-equipped to handle COVID-19 outbreaks, in part because many of the communities where these …
The population of rural jails is under grave risk from COVID-19, says a study released Friday. “Rural jails are frequently located in counties that lack hospital capacity to handle the coronavirus pandemic,” said The Justice …
Right now, jails & prisons in the United States have the highest documented infection rates of covid-19 in the world. On today’s episode, Shaun explains the concept of jail churn and breaks down how it …