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Criminal Justice Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Criminal Justice and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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May 06, 2020
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COVID-19 and Criminal Justice: City and State Spotlights

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April 15, 2020
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Coronavirus Guidance for the Criminal and Immigration Legal Systems

The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a global pandemic. As the number of people infected in the United States grows exponentially, we must focus on prevention and containment in the criminal and immigration legal systems. Vera and Community Oriented Correctional Health Services have created a series ...

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March 17, 2020
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Series: Covid-19

Coronavirus, Mental Health, and the Enduring Importance of Health-Centered Crisis Response

With support from the NFL Foundation, Vera’s Serving Safely initiative promotes crisis response programs that connect people in crisis to community-based services while minimizing involvement with police and the criminal justice system. In today’s fraught environment, however, vital social distancing efforts deprive people of traditional supports a ...

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    Leah Pope
May 28, 2020
Blog Post

Webinar: COVID-19’s Impact on Detained Immigrants

Vera’s SAFE (Safety and Fairness for Everyone) Network is a network of 18 jurisdictions committed to universal representation for immigrants facing detention and deportation. In this webinar, the SAFE Network’s Annie Chen leads a discussion with Dr. Homer Venters – a nationally recognized expert on health in correctional settings – about the height ...

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May 21, 2020
Video

How Local Leaders Can Ensure Immigrant Justice During COVID-19 Guidance Brief

Our immigration system is on the threshold of a new crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. People in detention face high risks of infection from the close quarters of facilities, shelters, and courtrooms, and they lack adequate sanitation, health care, and protective measures. The frequent transfer of people throughout the immigration detent ...

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May 20, 2020
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Series: Covid-19

Communities Need State and Local Deportation Defense Programs Now More Than Ever

Presently, the vast majority of people in immigration detention—70 percent—have no legal representation. This is because people facing deportation do not have the right to a public defender if they cannot afford one. And without legal representation, they face slim chances of being released from custody and remaining in the United States. With near ...

Blog Post
  • Melissa Garlick
    Melissa Garlick
May 12, 2020
Blog Post

Coronavirus Guidance - Crisis Behind Bars

Prisons and jails have become significant clusters of COVID-19 in America, putting thousands of lives at risk. As part of our efforts to protect people most at risk of contracting COVID-19, the Vera Institute of Justice issued this guidance brief providing leaders at all levels of federal, state, and local government with recommendations to address ...

Publication
May 11, 2020
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Series: Covid-19

Public Health and Public Safety: The Critical Role of Police During the COVID-19 Crisis

One concern has been that law enforcement officers themselves could become vectors of transmission for coronavirus because of the degree of public exposure inherent in policing. While much has been written about law enforcement practices at this time, less focus has been placed on the public health and safety risks for frontline responders and thei ...

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  • Leah  Pope
    Leah Pope
  • Aaron Stagoff-Belfort
    Aaron Stagoff-Belfort
April 30, 2020
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Series: Covid-19

Facebook Post Put High School Student in a Detention Facility Now Struck by Coronavirus

In February 2018, Hernandez, upset about a change in location for her special education program, wrote, “I’m coming tomorrow morning and I’m going to shoot all of ya bitches,” on East High School’s Facebook page. She was charged with making a terroristic threat. She pled guilty to third-degree falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor offense, a ...

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  • Erica Bryant
    Erica Bryant
April 28, 2020
Blog Post

Family Is Essential Webinar

A conversation with family advocates about COVID-19 and Youth Justice

As youth justice agencies race to prevent and respond to the harms of the novel coronavirus, families are essential partners. In this webinar, hosted by the Vera Institute of Justice and the Georgetown Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, we hear directly from family advocates about the actions families need systems to take in the present moment. Th ...

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April 27, 2020
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Justice & Humanity in a Time of Pandemic Webinar

Facing a crisis no one was prepared for, Vera's New Orleans office swiftly executed a three-part COVID strategy—including statewide education, data analysis, and communication with judges—to assist local and statewide actors in their understanding of what they should know and what they could do, and follow up to help where needed. Vera's New Orlean ...

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April 27, 2020
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Series: Covid-19

Unaccompanied Children Suffer as Hearings are Sped Up, Switched to Video During COVID-19 Crisis

Video teleconference (VTC) hearings allow unaccompanied children to participate in court proceedings without physically appearing in court. The children answer questions from a judge on a screen, who might be translated by an interpreter in a third location. Such hearings are commonplace in adult immigration proceedings, despite concerns about thei ...

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  • Erica Bryant
    Erica Bryant
April 14, 2020
Blog Post

Series: Covid-19

Two Years in Jail, Never Convicted of a Crime, Now Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Shonday also contracted the disease. Whenever she took a breath, she said she felt pain in her chest. She was dizzy, her head pounded, and she soaked her bed in sweat. Seeing what the disease did to her fiancé and her daughter makes Lisa Williams terrified of what will happen if the virus hits the jail where her son is confined. “This virus is ver ...

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  • Erica Bryant
    Erica Bryant
April 13, 2020
Blog Post

COVID-19 and Policing Webinar

Reducing Arrests and Supporting the Health of Communities and Officers

This webinar is designed to support police professionals in their work to protect the health of communities and officers during the coronavirus pandemic. Former and current leaders in policing discuss strategies for reducing the number of people who come in contact with law enforcement and opportunities for further reducing the number of people goi ...

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April 13, 2020
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