{"id":1305,"date":"2020-04-17T17:51:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T22:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogofnotesite.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1305"},"modified":"2020-05-06T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T23:11:07","slug":"prisons-prisoners-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1305","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Law &#038; Prisoners Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1495\">Do Prisoners Have a Right to Soap?<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-06-24T13:21:29-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 24, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In the ongoing litigation regarding prison conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, one request of the litigants stands out: they want more soap. And sometimes\u2014especially at the district court level\u2014prisoners have been able to get that soap. In a Texas case, Valentine v. Collier, the district court ordered the prison to \u201c[p]rovide [p]laintiffs and the class members with unrestricted access to hand soap and disposable hand towels to facilitate handwashing.\u201d Similarly, in Swain v. Junior, a Florida district court required that&#8230;<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1495\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1484\">Trump Weaponizes COVID-19 Against Illegal Immigrants<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-06-11T12:08:33-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 11, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As a criminal defense attorney in the border city of El Paso, Texas, I meet with illegal immigrants weekly, if not daily. I witness their journey firsthand. I represented families when President Trump piloted his family separation policy in El Paso. Today, I am witnessing yet another Trump assault against brown immigrants. Trump is weaponizing COVID-19. President Trump\u2019s anti-immigration resume is extensive. It boasts, among other things, his threat to shut down the government if it doesn\u2019t fund his \u201cbig,&#8230;<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1484\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1424\">Cruel Exposure in Unusual Times<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-05-22T11:52:45-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 22, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In ordinary times, the conditions on Rikers Island have been unconscionably bad. Now, with the rapid spread of coronavirus, they have become unconstitutionally deadly. Of the more than 1,300 cases that have developed in prisons, 370 come from Rikers alone. And the first inside to die of the disease, Michael Tyson, passed away on April 5th. Rikers Chief Physician, Dr. Ross MacDonald, broke from his practice of silent, anonymous service to bring attention to the fact that the virus spreads&#8230;<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1424\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1395\">Zoom Justice: When Constitutional Rights Collide in Cyberspace<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-05-07T11:36:32-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 7, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Criminal courts throughout the United States have relied upon Zoom and other videoconferencing technologies to help maintain a functioning criminal justice system amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, such technology, in place of in-person trials, potentially violates several constitutional rights afforded to the accused, and might force them to choose to exercise one right guaranteed to them by the Sixth Amendment at the expense of another. Specifically, the accused might now confront two critical constitutional choices: (1) the right to a&#8230;<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1395\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1287\">Prisons in the time of COVID-19<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-04-16T11:46:48-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 16, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The current COVID-19 public health crisis has rendered the nation\u2019s jails and prisons ticking time bombs. In the confined spaces of the carceral system the infection flourishes. At Rikers Island in New York City the rate of infection among the incarcerated population is an estimated seven times that of the free population. The Cook County Jail in Chicago boasts the highest infection rate in the country. Inmates post desperate pleas for help on their cell windows: \u201cHelp we matter2.\u201d In&#8230;<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?p=1287\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"parent":1291,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9jSvD-l3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1428,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1428","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":0},"title":"Property Law","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"May 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1291,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1291","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":1},"title":"COVID-19 and the Law","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"April 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1321,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1321","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":2},"title":"Data and Technology","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"April 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1327,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1327","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":3},"title":"Constitutional Issues","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"April 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1347,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1347","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":4},"title":"Congressional Responses","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"April 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1386,"url":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/?page_id=1386","url_meta":{"origin":1305,"position":5},"title":"Other Issues","author":"Sam Greenky","date":"May 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1305\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.northwesternlaw.review\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}