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The report, published on July 19 by the
New York Times, said the administration’s “legal team” had concluded, based on prior legal guidance, that inmates released to home confinement for fear of Covid-19 spread in their prisons will legally have to return when the pandemic state of emergency ends.
Biden administration criticized over report that it is not extending home confinement for prisoners thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Spreading word about post-graduate legal fellowships with Brennan Center’s Justice Program
I received an email earlier this month from Lauren-Brooke Eisen, the Director of Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which I am happy to be able to share here to spread the word about fellowship opportunities:
Each year, the Brennan Center looks to partner with current law school students and judicial law clerks interested in applying for postgraduate legal fellowships. Such fellowships include those funded by programs like the Equal Justice Works, Skadden, and Kirkland & Ellis fellowship programs, and law-school-specific fellowships, like the Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship, the Robina Public Interest Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Law School, and the Columbia Law JD Public Interest and Government Fellowship, among others.
Biden faces criticism for not extending home confinement for prisoners msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SAN DIEGO
For weeks after the death of George Floyd, protests across the country highlighting racial injustice and bias in policing were near daily. Hundreds and occasionally thousands of people marched San Diego’s streets last summer, demanding reform.
Change did come. Across San Diego, the heads of local law enforcement agencies agreed to a long-sought ban on using the carotid restraint, or sleeper hold, and it soon became state law. Some change came through the ballot box, like the voter-approved creation of an independent commission on police practices in San Diego.
But are they they right changes? Do they address the systemic disparities that have been highlighted by people who have long pushed for reforms? Some of them don’t think so.