Incarceration Michigan Department of Corrections Under Fire for Failing to Take Appropriate Measures to Combat Covid-19 The pandemic has had devastating consequences for communities, individuals, and businesses. With infections steadily on the rise within the United States, many states have issued stay-at-home orders and hospitals are overwhelmed. Incarcerated populations have been particularly adversely affected by the pandemic. Covid-Related Fatalities Within Prison Systems In 1976 William Garrison
Double Jeopardy Sheron Edwards’ Story: The Dual Sovereignty Exception to Double Jeopardy Double Jeopardy has long been an established principle in the American legal system however, however, loophole to this principle is the dual sovereignty exception, which allows offenders to be charged for the same crime on both state and federal levels. If, during sentencing, a judge determines that the sentences should
Compassionate Release On the Need for Health Justice in the Prison System By Shawanna Vaughn and Michelle Mason In need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant for leukemia and positive for COVID, DeReta Steverson, incarcerated at the California Institution for Women (CIW), is still not eligible for compassionate release in California, even under the state’s much-hyped release program. Dareta
