ACLU IN AG INMATE RELEASE
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The ???u*and the indiana attorney general are sparring over the potential release of inmates?
At a greater risk of catching covi?19.... andrew garcia explains what the department of corrections is doing to protect thousands of prisoners in the hoosier state.
Housing more than 25 thousand inmates in nearly two dozen facilities... the indiana department of corrections confirms 10 offenders have already tested positive for covi?19.
The aclu worries those numbers will continue to grow and has asked the indiana supreme court to take emergency action to protect those behind bars.
This is not a lawsuit where we're asking the court to find constitutional rights are violated.
What we're saying is are there ways to make sure everyones health can best be protected.
Aclu of indiana legal director ken falk points out the doc also employs more than 6400 people... and so far 17 of those staff members have also tested positive.
We're not talking just about prisoners.
We're talking about a health risk to all of us.
So we're asking for common sense solutions that protect public safety.
In a 37 page written response... attorney general curtis hill opposed the aclu's request... and insisted the doc has remained vigilant protecting inmates and following cdc guidelines.
Thus far there's no indication of any emergency issue that the doc can't handle.
This plan... drawn up last month by the doc... details increased monitoring and sanitation inside of prisons... as well as the suspension of all visitation... and isolation of offenders who show symptoms of illness.
Everything that should be done is being done to protect inmates safety so far the doc has already compiled data on inmates that are older... close to release and not convicted of a violent crimes for 7 different counties.
But the doc hasn't announced whether any of those inmates have had their sentences amended.
Andrew garcia?
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