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Symposium: Expanding Compassion Beyond The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jenny Roberts
Symposium: Expanding Compassion Beyond The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jenny Roberts
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Compassionate relief matters. It matters so that courts may account for tragically unforeseeable events, as when an illness or disability renders proper care impossible while a defendant remains incarcerated, or when family tragedy leaves an inmate the sole caretaker for an incapacitated partner or minor children. It matters too, as present circumstances make clear, when public-health calamities threaten inmates with literal death sentences. It matters even when no crisis looms, but simply when continued incarceration would be "greater than necessary" to achieve the ends of justice.
The Confluence Of Language And Learning Disorders And The School-To-Prison Pipeline Among Minority Students Of Color: A Critical Race Theory, Shameka N. Johnson, Bahiyyah Muhammad
The Confluence Of Language And Learning Disorders And The School-To-Prison Pipeline Among Minority Students Of Color: A Critical Race Theory, Shameka N. Johnson, Bahiyyah Muhammad
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira Robbins
Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira Robbins
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INTRODUCTION:Billy Roberts, a prisoner in an Alabama state prison, had a history of severe psychiatric disorders. He was often put on suicide watch, and received large doses of psychotropic drugs. A managed health care company, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), was responsible for the health care at the prison. After Roberts had a suicidal episode, CMS's statewide mental health care director reportedly put Roberts in an isolation cell rather than a psychiatric care unit. The mental health care director also ordered that Roberts' medication be discontinued pursuant to an alleged policy of CMS to get as many prisoners off psycho- tropic …