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Viral Injustice, Brandon L. Garrett, Lee Kovarsky

Faculty Scholarship

The COVID-19 pandemic blighted all aspects of American life, but people in jails, prisons, and other detention sites experienced singular harm and neglect. Housing vulnerable detainee populations with elevated medical needs, these facilities were ticking time bombs. They were overcrowded, underfunded, unsanitary, insufficiently ventilated, and failed to meet even minimum health-and-safety standards. Every unit of national and sub-national government failed to prevent detainee communities from becoming pandemic epicenters, and judges were no exception.

This Article takes a comprehensive look at the decisional law growing out of COVID-19 detainee litigation and situates the judicial response as part of a comprehensive institutional …

A Game Of Cat And Mouse - Or Government And Prisoner: Granting Relief To An Erroneously Released Prisoner In Vega V. United States, Danielle E. Wall

Villanova Law Review

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Revoke First, Ask Questions Later: Challenging Minnesota’S Unconstitutional Pre-Hearing Revocation Scheme, Jeffrey S. Sheridan, Erika Burkhart Booth

William Mitchell Law Review

This analysis of the constitutionality of Minnesota’s prehearing revocation scheme begins by explaining the mechanics of Minnesota’s implied consent statute. Because the United States Supreme Court has established minimum procedural due process protections that must be afforded drivers, this backdrop is examined. After considering the federal standards for procedural due process, the numerous changes to Minnesota’s implied consent statute will be addressed. Next, the current challenge will be discussed, including the factual basis for the challenge, the arguments for the statute’s unconstitutionality, and the district court’s decision. Finally, this note will conclude that, given the dramatic increase in the private …

The Right Of Prisoner Access: Does Bounds Have Bounds?, Josephine R. Potuto

Indiana Law Journal

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Prisoner Property Deprivations: Section 1983 And The Fourteenth Amendment, Steven H. Hazelrigg

Indiana Law Journal

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A Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's "Fleeing A Police Officer" Statute, Jane Mallor

Indiana Law Journal

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Parole Revocation And The Right To Counsel, Paul W. Grimm

Faculty Scholarship

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Implications Of Morrissey V. Brewer For Prison Disciplinary Hearings In Indiana, Marcia W. Sullivan

Indiana Law Journal

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Constitutional Law--Due Process In Determination Of Sanity Of Condemned Prisoners--Remedial Procedures, J. J. P.

West Virginia Law Review

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