My associate Rachel Neizer recently drew my attention back to this article in the Toronto Star. Alyshah Hasham produced some really great coverage of how the pandemic has affected the […]
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Outbreaks Continue Pretty Much Everywhere
Somewhere along the line, where jails are concerned, the definition of “outbreak” became meaningless. In the early days of the pandemic, I recall both official memos from institutional authorities, and […]
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Inmates Still Missing Access to Staff and Programs in Jail
The problems have been going on for so long inmates are starting to get used to it like it’s completely normal. No access to parole officers in jail, no access […]
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Parole Hearings by Remote
One side effect of Covid has been a wholesale shift to doing everything remotely that can possibly be done that way. Parole is no exception. Since March of 2020, hearings […]
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Covid has Changed Everything, and Nothing, About Parole
For the past nine or ten months, every client I’ve helped with parole has asked some version of this question. What does Covid mean for my chances at parole? Over […]
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