Department of Justice: ‘About 208,500 Inmates Received Expedited Release in Response to COVID-19’ By CNSNews.com Staff | May 14, 2021 | 4:48pm EDT
Inmate cleans a cell at Las Colinas Women s Detention Facility in Santee, Calif., April 22, 2020. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Approximately 208,500 prisoners were granted “expedited release” from jails in the United States in the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic because of the pandemic, according to a report released by the U.S. Justice Department.
Jails also admitted fewer prisoners during that period, according to the report.
“The impact of COVID-19 on local jails began in March 2020, with a drop of 18% in inmate population between the end of February and the end of March, followed by an 11% drop by the end of April,” said the report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
After Crossing the Border, Then What?
by Joe Guzzardi, May 13, 2021
Customs and Border Protection isn t returning or detaining illegal migrant crossers, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn t removing aliens from the interior, including convicted, released criminals.
The inevitable result: a huge U.S. population surge that will help create a chaotic society which will struggle to keep up with deteriorating conditions. From the sudden, unanticipated population growth, there will be maximum strain on K-12 education, health care, public safety and other social services which can barely provide for existing residents.
Under the Biden administration, which comically ordered CBP and ICE to stop using the terms illegal alien and assimilation in favor of more inclusive language like noncitizen and civic integration, border agents tasks consist mostly of turning over unaccompanied minors to Health and Human Services, or catching but then releasing adults into the interior. S
Mental Health Awareness Month - Recognizing the Need for Resources in Correctional Facilities and Providing Access to Help
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13 May 2021, 23:31 GMT+10
Through tablet applications, GTL offers incarcerated individuals ways to regain control of their mental health and overcome barriers to treatment
FALLS CHURCH, VA / ACCESSWIRE / May 13, 2021 /GTL, a trusted partner that connects those affected by incarceration with the resources and support necessary to achieve success, today reiterated its support for Mental Health Awareness Month and the organizations that support it, including Mental Health America, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the American Psychological Association, and more. May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month for over 70 years and is a time to raise awareness about mental and behavioral health issues, the people that live with them, and the stigma that they experience.
One of the deceased inmate s brothers isn t satisfied with what he has learned. I feel it s negligence. They could ve saved him. The job of the guard is to sit there and watch that camera and they didn t do that, Kevin Benedetto said.
It started with an arrest on Jan. 17
Mark Benedetto was arrested at 12:31 p.m. on Jan. 17. The charges: grand theft of a motor vehicle and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. Benedetto was booked into the jail at 12:57 p.m.
An internal affairs probe at the jail showed that Benedetto was present for headcount at 6 a.m. the next day and was in bed at 6:30 a.m. At 7 a.m., he was in a dayroom area and at 7:30 a.m. on his bed.
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