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JUST holds vigil honoring Rob Card, inmate who died in 2019 Sidney Slon/Photo Editor Rob Card is one of 11 inmates to have died during their incarceration since 2011 at the Broome County Jail.
Event took place two years after Card s death
April 7, 2021 Sidney Slon/Photo Editor Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier (JUST), Citizen Action, Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT) and Truth Pharm are some of the local organizations that continue to work toward ending mass incarceration in Broome County.
It has been two years since Rob Card died after being incarcerated at the Broome County Jail.
On Saturday evening, community members gathered at the corner of Upper Front Street and Lt. Vanwinkle Drive in Binghamton for a vigil and rally to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Card’s death.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson, State University at Fredonia Department of Sociocultural and Justice Sciences lecturer, will present “A Discussion on the Healthcare System in America’s Jails” at SUNY Fredonia’s next Brown Bag Lecture on Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m.
A SUNY Fredonia graduate, Johnson is a retired warden at the Chautauqua County Jail and has served as a longtime expert analyst for CNN’s “Newsroom,” beginning in 1985 with the elaborate escape of two convicted murderers from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. Johnson received a B.S. in Business Administration in 1985.
In opening remarks, Johnson will give an overview of the constitutional requirements that local jails provide healthcare to inmates and then lead a discussion that includes local, state and national standards and hardships jails face trying to meet these standards on limited budgets and the games inmates play to manipulate “the system.” A question and answer session will c
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