mLive reported on April 16th, 2020 that a small group of protesters, organized by prison-reform group Nation Outside, drove outside the Capitol Building in Lansing to urge Governor Whitmer to implement a series of measures to protect staff and prisoners facing the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in state prisons. mLive noted: Demonstrators called on the [...]
Fox 2 Detroit news on Thursday April 9th reported that: "Many felons who have been released on parole but required to wear a tether were ordered to remove the tether due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Michigan, only to have that order revoked less than a day later. According to a memo issued Tuesday [...]
Hanna Love, Senior Research Analyst and Jennifer S. Vey, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, posted a thoughtful article on how the pandemic offers all of us an opportunity to reset and refocus on investing in vulnerable communities as a way to improve public health now and in the future. The article also explores how [...]
The NY Times published an article on why jails are an important battlefield in the fight against the new coronovirus. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/upshot/coronavirus-jails-prisons.html
In an article publish March 20, 2020, The Detroit Free Press noted that Wayne County has identified over 100 inmates that eligible for release amid COVID-19 concerns. The article noted: Inmates considered for release include misdemeanor and ordinance violators, those who have work-release arrangements and people serving time on the weekend, the prosecutor's office said. [...]
The Detroit Free Press reported on March 18, 2020 that Wayne County officials met to discuss the possibility of releasing some inmates from the Wayne County Jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/2020/03/18/wayne-county-jail-inmate-release-coronavirus/2864302001/
