Thousands of inmates released as jails and prison face coronavirus ...

Coronavirus in prisons and jails: Inmates released by the hundreds

Amid fears that the coronavirus will carve a deadly path through prisons and jails, counties and states are releasing thousands of inmates.

The Washington Post: 'Disaster waiting to happen': Thousands of inmates released as jails and prison face coronavirus threat ... The House passed ...

Hundreds released from prison during pandemic may be sent back ...

A resolution in the Senate could send hundreds of people released from prisons during the pandemic back into federal facilities.

Reducing Jail and Prison Populations During the Covid-19 Pandemic

On June 11, The Marshall Project reported that 31,000 prisoners sought compassionate release during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Federal Bureau of prisons ...

Examining Prison Releases in Response to COVID:

pdf; Ali Budner, Hundreds Of Colorado Inmates Have Been Released Early Because Of. Coronavirus. ... prisons versus jails; however, since 10% of those released in ...

Thousands were released from prison because of Covid. Will they ...

In an email to NBC News, a BOP spokesman said the bureau may choose to keep inmates on home confinement post-pandemic if their sentence is ...

Opinion | Thousands were released from prison during covid. The ...

More than 11,000 people were eventually released. Of those, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) reported that only 17 of them committed new crimes.

'Jails Are Petri Dishes': Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind ...

The coronavirus is spreading quickly in America's jails and prisons, where social distancing is impossible and sanitizer is widely banned, ...

Thousands of sick federal prisoners sought release as Covid-19 ...

As the pandemic ramped up, federal prison wardens denied or ignored more than 98 percent of compassionate release requests, newly obtained data shows.

Thousands of low-level U.S. inmates released in pandemic could be ...

As officials scrambled last year to stem the spread of the coronavirus in prisons, the Justice Department let Fulton and more than 23,800 ...

Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020 ...

BJS's survey to measure the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. prisons from the end of February 2020 to the end of February 2021 found that the number ...

Locked up to locked out: Recently released prisoners face ...

Rikers Island jail in New York City, for example, has been especially hard hit with dozens of inmates and staff testing positive for coronavirus ...

Release, Reentry, and Reintegration During COVID-19

To respond to the growing concern about COVID-19 in prisons, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act released thousands ...

US jails begin releasing prisoners to stem Covid-19 infections - BBC

US jails are to let out inmates as cases of coronavirus infections are being reported in prisons. New York City is releasing vulnerable prisoners.

Coronavirus Has Freed Inmates From Jail, Angering Some Victims

Health experts urged officials to take action as the disease caused by the virus swept through places like Rikers Island in New York and Cook ...

Criminal justice responses to the coronavirus pandemic

... releases, reduced admissions, and necessary reforms to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and jails.

Media Coverage of State COVID-Related Prison Releases/Policy

Justice Department watchdog to inspect federal prisons remotely after hundreds of inmates test positive for the virus (April 15); Wall Street ...

Federal Prisons Deny Compassionate Release During Pandemic

31,000 Prisoners Sought Compassionate Release During COVID-19. The Bureau of Prisons Approved 36. As the pandemic worsened inside federal ...

'Hasn't sunk in:' Federal inmates released during pandemic can stay ...

Thousands of people convicted of non-violent, low-level federal crimes — then released during the COVID-19 pandemic — will not have to go ...

Releases, infections, fear: U.S. coronavirus crisis in jails and prisons ...

So far this week, a total of 23 inmates have escaped correctional facilities in two states after at least one inmate had tested positive at each ...