Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 9:28 pm
After decades in prison, inmates are using VR to prepare for life outside.
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 7:58 pm
Second inmate at Louisiana's Oakdale prison has died of COVID-19, official says
Second inmate at Louisiana's Oakdale prison has died of COVID-19, official says
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A second inmate at the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana has died from COVID-19, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday.Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 7:54 pm
REFORM is acting fast to protect people who live and work in prisons and jails from COVID-19 and working hard to get our SAFER plan implemented in states across the country. We’ve seen some common misconceptions about this and wanted to set the record straight
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 5:45 pm
BREAKING: Gov. Gary Herbert announced that tenants who cannot make rent payments will have payments deferred until May 15, by executive order in Utah.
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Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 5:44 pm
The ACLU wants Utah to release "pretrial detainees, post-conviction detainees with 180 days or fewer to serve on a sentence, and all individuals that are at high-risk for serious complications from contracting COVID-19. "
ACLU calls for Utah to release more inmates amid COVID-19 threat
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is calling for Utah to "significantly reduce" the populations of the state's jails and prisons.Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 5:39 pm
Utah Supreme Court asked to order officials to let out more inmates in response to coronavirus
Utah Supreme Court asked to order officials to let out more inmates in response to coronavirus
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A new court petition filed Wednesday demands that Utah prison officials and local jails do more to reduce the number of people behind bars during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 5:06 pm
These aren't ordinary times...
Which is why ACLU Utah, Disability Law Center & Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed a Petition of Extraordinary Relief today demanding the release of more incarcerated people in #UT due to #COVID19 threat
Read more: www.acluutah.org/legal-work/current-cases/item/1610-emergency-petition-about-utah-jails-and-prisons
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 3:33 pm
The director of the Davis County Health Department says today's expanded public health order asking residents to stay at home is enforceable with penalties.
Davis County orders residents to stay home through May 1, closes more businesses
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FARMINGTON -- Davis County expanded its COVID-19 public health order Wednesday, ordering all county residents to stay home. County officials also plan extended the order another month, through…
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 3:32 pm
WATCH LIVE: Officer-involved shooting press conference with DA Sim Gill. The shooting in question is from July 2019.
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 3:29 pm
RENT RELIEF - COVID-19 UPDATE: Jim Spiewak KUTV with the newest numbers put out by the Utah Health Department. Governor Herbert signs executive order to defer April rent payments to May 15th, after stimulus checks should arrive.
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 3:01 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and the ACLU Utah is working hard to protect civil liberties for everyone during this time. Check out their full recommendations on how we can protect individuals in the criminal justice system: acluutah.org/images/200320_ACLU_of_Utah_Coronavirus_Criminal_Justice_final.pdfThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and the ACLU of Utah is working hard to protect civil liberties for everyone during this time.
Check out our full recommendations on how we can protect individuals in the criminal justice system:
acluutah.org/images/200320_ACLU_of_Utah_Coronavirus_Criminal_Justice_final.pdf
Posted Wednesday April 1st, 2020 - 12:31 pm
Coronavirus and crime: Jail counts fall as police give non-violent offenders citations, not handcuffs
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Northern Utah jail populations are falling and police are delivering fewer detainees for jailing, except violent offenders, as law enforcement responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
