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Judge orders changes to Louisiana prison labor program likened to ‘19th century slavery’
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
Incarcerated laborers on Angola’s Farm Line face “substantial risk of injury or death” during extreme heat, a federal judge ruled this week, ordering corrections officials to make policy changes to “preserve human health and safety.”
Federal judges were once all reliably bad on prisoners’ rights issues. COVID-19 changed that.
Samuel Weiss, The Appeal
Rights Behind Bars Executive Director, Samuel Weiss, discusses how Trump-appointed judges have decisively hampered legal efforts to force prisons and jails to address the coronavirus.
The other infectious disease ravaging America’s jails and prisons
Samuel Weiss, The Appeal
Rights Behind Bars Executive Director, Samuel Weiss, writes about how Hepatitis C has ripped through prisons and jails, despite more effective treatments for the disease.