French prison residents and law enforcement agents have been exposed to COVID-19 from the outset of the pandemic due to irresponsible actions of the French authorities, argue trade unionists Samuel Gauthier and Noam Anouar. On 9 June 2020, Chief Prosecutor of Paris Remy Heitz launched an investigation into the French […]
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US Attorney General William Barr US Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions for four federal death-row inmates convicted of murdering children. In two of the cases, the inmates raped the children they murdered. In July of 2019, AG Barr directed the […]
Baton Rouge Inmates Sue For Release Due To COVID-19, Potential ‘Death Sentence’ Lea Skene, The Advocate. May 28, 2020 Baton Rouge Inmates Sue For Release Due To COVID-19, Potential ‘Death Sentence’2020-05-282020-05-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/inside-a-louisian-state-penitentiary-from-pinterest-e1590688770232.jpg200px200px Above photo: Inside a Louisiana State Penitentiary from Pinterest. A group of inmates in Baton Rouge’s jail filed a lawsuit in […]
Inmates in the Los Angeles County prison system are deliberately trying to contract the coronavirus so that they will be released, according to Sheriff Alex Villanueva. During a press conference on Monday, Sheriff Villanueva said that some inmates believed that if more inmates caught the virus, it would force the […]