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Covid-19, Doctors, And The “Realities Of Prison Administration” Part I: The Realities Of A Subject Matter Expert, Fred Rottnek Jan 2021

Covid-19, Doctors, And The “Realities Of Prison Administration” Part I: The Realities Of A Subject Matter Expert, Fred Rottnek

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

COVID-19 is still novel. As scientists continue racing to characterize the virus and its mutations, promote behavioral change, and optimize treatment and vaccination strategies, public policy makers shift their attention from one high priority population to the next. These spotlights have converged on one truism of the pandemic: COVID-19 infection, and all its sequelae, have magnified long-established social and structural inequities in U.S. institutions—including practices in jails, prisons, and detention facilities. While these facilities were recognized as early incubators of the virus, the response of the facility administrators and local leaders were at best uneven and at worst nonexistent. When …


Covid-19, Courts, And The “Realities Of Prison Administration” Part Ii: The Realities Of Litigation, Chad Flanders Jan 2021

Covid-19, Courts, And The “Realities Of Prison Administration” Part Ii: The Realities Of Litigation, Chad Flanders

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Lawsuits challenging prisons and jails for not doing enough to stop the spread of COVID-19 among inmates have faced mixed results in the courts: wins at the district court level are almost always followed by losses (in the form of stays of any orders to improve conditions) at the appeals court level or at the Supreme Court. This short Article tries to explain why this is happening and makes three comparisons between how district courts and appeals courts have analyzed these lawsuits. First, district courts and appeals courts tend to emphasize different facts in their decisions. District courts focus more …


The Voluntary Act Requirement In Prison Contraband Cases, Charlie Rosebrough Jan 2018

The Voluntary Act Requirement In Prison Contraband Cases, Charlie Rosebrough

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Inevitable Horrors: Sexual Assault In Prison, Cierra Simpson Jan 2015

Inevitable Horrors: Sexual Assault In Prison, Cierra Simpson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Right Preposition: Objectifying The Relationship Between Prison Postsecondary Education Programs, Departments Of Correction, And Academic Institutions, Jenifer Drew Jan 2014

The Right Preposition: Objectifying The Relationship Between Prison Postsecondary Education Programs, Departments Of Correction, And Academic Institutions, Jenifer Drew

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Administering A Prison Higher Education Program: Personal Transformation And Professional Insight, Jennifer M. Kohler Giancola Jan 2014

Administering A Prison Higher Education Program: Personal Transformation And Professional Insight, Jennifer M. Kohler Giancola

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Overcoming Isolation: A College Program Challenges Prison Culture Through Engagement, Jim Earhart Jan 2014

Overcoming Isolation: A College Program Challenges Prison Culture Through Engagement, Jim Earhart

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Prison Higher Education And Social Transformation, Jody Lewen Jan 2014

Prison Higher Education And Social Transformation, Jody Lewen

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Using Critical Pedagogy To Connect Prison Education And Prison Abolitionism, Robert Scott Jan 2014

Using Critical Pedagogy To Connect Prison Education And Prison Abolitionism, Robert Scott

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Prison Education And Our Will To Punish, Kaia Stern Jan 2014

Prison Education And Our Will To Punish, Kaia Stern

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Forgotten And Elusive Partners: Academic Libraries And Higher Education In Prison, Rebecca Sorgert Jan 2014

Forgotten And Elusive Partners: Academic Libraries And Higher Education In Prison, Rebecca Sorgert

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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What’S Wrong With The Picture? Reviewing Prison Arts In America, Lindsey R. Hammitt Jan 2011

What’S Wrong With The Picture? Reviewing Prison Arts In America, Lindsey R. Hammitt

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Prison Inmates Are Constitutionally Entitled To Organ Transplants—So Now What?, Kate Douglas Mar 2005

Prison Inmates Are Constitutionally Entitled To Organ Transplants—So Now What?, Kate Douglas

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Excessive Force As A Prison Condition, John Collins Jan 2002

The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Excessive Force As A Prison Condition, John Collins

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.