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It's been a week since the SJC #COVID19 decision.
IT'S GOING TERRIBLY
FAR too many people are still locked up.
MCI-F's infection rate is higher than Rikers.
Cases are spiking. People will die.
Here's a spotlight on Essex County ghouls @DAJonBlodgett & @EssexSheriff:
It's been a week since the SJC #COVID19 decision.
IT'S GOING TERRIBLY
FAR too many people are still locked up.
MCI-F's infection rate is higher than Rikers.
Cases are spiking. People will die.
Here's a spotlight on Essex County ghouls @DAJonBlodgett & @EssexSheriff:
Yesterday there were 60 'presumptive release' hearings in Essex County district courts.
Among this subset of people held pretrial who 3 judges were supposed to presume to RELEASE, just 22 were freed
63% stayed in jail after hearings
Judge Howard-Hogan only released 4 out of 20
Among this subset of people held pretrial who 3 judges were supposed to presume to RELEASE, just 22 were freed
63% stayed in jail after hearings
Judge Howard-Hogan only released 4 out of 20
Defense attorneys get two minutes - timed - to argue for someone's pretrial liberty.
The person's alternative is staring down a highly infectious, potentially deadly disease in an unhygienic environment that prohibits social distance, proper sanitation & handwashing, and masks.
The person's alternative is staring down a highly infectious, potentially deadly disease in an unhygienic environment that prohibits social distance, proper sanitation & handwashing, and masks.
28 people in the Middleton jail have now tested #COVIDー19 positive.
That's up from 13 yesterday.
The count *more than DOUBLED* within ONE DAY, TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
https://twitter.com/SNJulieManganis/status/1248741257846886402?s=20
That's up from 13 yesterday.
The count *more than DOUBLED* within ONE DAY, TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
https://twitter.com/SNJulieManganis/status/1248741257846886402?s=20
The @EssexSheriff has an established pattern of cover ups, brutality, abuse & neglect against folks seeking medical care, documented by @christinesea & @HealyBeth for @WBUR.
In court filings, he says his jail provides "life-sustaining necessities" . . . https://twitter.com/CourtWatchMA/status/1243127208421531649?s=20
In court filings, he says his jail provides "life-sustaining necessities" . . . https://twitter.com/CourtWatchMA/status/1243127208421531649?s=20
Essex County @DAJonBlodgett has a horrifying record on dangerousness hearings - the most requests for #dangerousdetention for people presumed innocent statewide.
The urgent threat of #COVIDー19 to incarcerated people has not changed this AT ALL.
Potential pretrial death penalty
The urgent threat of #COVIDー19 to incarcerated people has not changed this AT ALL.
Potential pretrial death penalty
Let's compare New Jersey to what's been happening in Massachusetts.
In NJ, between March 9 and March 30, the jail population dropped 23%.
2058 people freed.
In MA, between March 9 and March 30, the jail population dropped 9%.
783 people freed.
MORE ACTION REQUIRED
In NJ, between March 9 and March 30, the jail population dropped 23%.
2058 people freed.
In MA, between March 9 and March 30, the jail population dropped 9%.
783 people freed.
MORE ACTION REQUIRED
