FW: Out of prison, uncovered
Dianne Tramutola-Lawson
From: The Marshall Project [mailto:info=themarshall...@mail136.suw14.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of The Marshall Project
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 5:36 AM
Subject: Out of prison, uncovered
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Orphans of Obamacare. When the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid coverage, it meant that millions of incarcerated men and women would be eligible for health care on their release from prison. But most of the states that are part of the new program have either failed to consistently help prisoners enroll or operate spotty programs that leave large numbers of newly-released offenders without insurance. The result is that one of the sickest cohorts in the nation either goes untreated or creates an expensive burden on emergency rooms. TMP’s Beth Schwartzapfel and Kaiser Health News’ Jay Hancock filed this data-driven investigative report. The Marshall Project
Big change is about to come to America’s most (in)famous federal prison. After five years of litigation a landmark settlement looms that will significantly change the treatment of mentally ill prisoners at the ADX-Florence penitentiary in Colorado, home to the nation’s most dangerous inmates. The case already has brought sweeping reforms to the facility and comes after laborious negotiations between lawyers for the inmates, prison advocates, and officials at the Bureau of Prisons and Department of Justice. In collaboration with WNYC’s “The Takeaway” here is the latest in our “Case in Point” series. The Marshall Project Mistrial! After a five-week trial a South Carolina judge sent home deadlocked jurors who had been deliberating the fate of Michael Slager, the former police officer charged with murdering an unarmed civilian following a traffic stop last year. The shooting of Walter Scott, captured on video, led to protests in Charleston and around the nation. The Post and Courier Related: Slager still faces federal charges and perhaps a new state trial, although officials Monday raised the idea of a plea deal that would end the case. The State More: “It’s not over,” says the mother of the victim. The Daily Beast Jeff Sessions’ coming war on marijuana? Voters in several states endorsed measures legalizing either recreational or medical marijuana, but pot is still illegal under federal law. While the Obama administration grudgingly allowed states to begin their legal “experiments,” the incoming administration may not be so willing even though new investors are flooding the industry. The presumptive attorney general-nominee Sessions, for example, appears far more hostile to the new pot regimes than his predecessors or his putative new boss. Politico Related commentary: Sessions suffers from reefer madness. The Week “These people are creating theories and models about a world they’ve never lived in.” The “Underground Scholars Initiative,” a campus organization at the University of California, Berkeley, is designed to help current and prospective students who have been incarcerated. Many come from the Pelican Bay State Prison about six hours up the road along the coast. And they all profess a desire to make up for the time they’ve lost behind bars. The New Yorker Related: This San Francisco restaurant, one of the best in the city, hires as many ex-offenders as it can. California Sunday Magazine
Georgia, which has put to death more prisoners than any other state this year, is scheduled to execute William Sallie tonight for murdering his father-in-law in a 1990. Here’s the latest in our “Next to Die” series. The Marshall Project New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Monday vetoed new limits on solitary confinement for people under age 21, calling the bill a “partisan and juvenile” measure ginned up by Democrats. NorthJersey.com New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday ordered an investigation into racial bias in the state’s prison system following a media report chronicling the extent of racial disparities there. The New York Times It’s not just the crimes they endure that frustrate and infuriate victims in Washington, D.C. It’s the way the justice system then processes those crimes. The Washington Post California lawyers say they’ll soon address significant bail reform in the state to ease punishment of “the poor for being poor.” Los Angeles Times
How to deny a man a chance to defend his life. William Sallie is scheduled to be executed today following a trial and appeal that weren’t remotely fair. By Norman Fletcher, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. The New York Times An evidence-free zone of state justifications. The end of the age of judicial deference on ambiguous, overbroad sex offender laws. Reason The children left behind. A new war on crime will generate a new generation of victims: the sons and daughters of incarcerated parents. New York Daily News Trump and the need for body cameras. If the incoming president ramps up the war on drugs the need for police accountability will be greater than ever. Forbes “I realized that I had watched an entire family — an entire generation — die from drugs.” An Ohio police chief on why he cares about the death of addicts. The Cincinnati Enquirer
Profile of the Day: Meet Lynneice Washington, the first black female district attorney in the history of Alabama, who says she wants to change the way the death penalty is meted out in her state. VICE Fake News of the Day: Turns out you can’t believe everything you read from the police in Santa Maria, California, when they churn out press releases about arrests in fraud cases. The Washington Post Mystery of the Day: What’s with the “shady” background on the self-described “hostage negotiator” who involved himself in a recent California abduction? The Daily Beast Decision of the Day: In which a federal appeals court acknowledges that prosecutors suppressed evidence in a capital case but nevertheless concludes the defendant is barred from relief because he waited too long to perfect his claim. Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Question of the Day: Why is Illinois imprisoning a 77-year-old man on a 60-year-old parole violation? Chicago Tribune |
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