[COVID-19\Congress]
ACLU: “The time to act is now: lives are on the line. Members of Congress, do your job.”
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
COVID-19: Will Congressional Inaction continue with Lives at Stake?
Bill Prohibiting Collection of “Subsistence Fees” from Prisoners Passes House
[Prison “Subsistence Fees]
Rep. Norton: “The Department of Justice itself has recognized that these fees individuals in halfway houses and on home confinement must pay are unnecessary and counterproductive.”
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AMERICA’S PRISONS AND JAILS ARE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR COVID-19
[COVID-19\Prisons\Black America]
According to The Marshall Project, there are approximately 9,500 infections among people detained and 3,950 infections among staff in prisons. This is likely an undercount due to lack of information on testing inside prisons.
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CONGRESSWOMAN NORTON SENDS AG BARR LETTER INQUIRING ABOUT “FIRST STEP” LAW’S APPLICATION TO D.C. FELONS
[Mass Incarceration\”First Step Act”\D.C.]
In November, Norton met with Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer to ensure BOP would apply the reforms equally… Norton maintains that D.C. inmates now qualify for valuable new benefits, such as the Good Time Credit, early release by participating in recidivism reduction programs, and additional phone privileges and visitation.
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