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• New Orleans sheriff regains authority over troubled jail

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  Marlin Gusman ceded control in 2016, amid complaints that progress was too slow at improving medical care, violence, drug contraband and suicide attempts

• Feds propose consent decree to ensure care at Va. jail

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  The rare action follows a multiyear investigation into the practices at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail

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• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

• Conn. inmates settle suit with Bureau of Prisons over COVID threat

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  The prison must rank inmates by their health risks and identify candidates for early release

• Death Row inmate, 3 others die amid COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin Prison

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  Johnny Avila Jr., 62, was sentenced to death in 1996 for two counts of first-degree murder

• Federal judge orders Calif. prisons to set aside COVID-19 quarantine space

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  Under the ruling, the state must come up with a plan to vacate at least 100 beds in each prison across California in the next month

• COVID fatigue and leadership

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  The greatest risk to jail inmates is not new inmates with COVID, but deputies or other jail employees catching COVID in the community and bringing it to the jail

• Lawyer: Texas geriatric inmates being deprived of protection from COVID-19

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  Lawyers said prison officials haven't provided inmates hand sanitizer, sufficient testing, contact tracing or social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19

• DA: Pa. jail followed protocol in pepper spraying of mentally ill inmate

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  While no laws were broken, the DA said a jail isn't an appropriate environment for inmates with mental illness

• San Quentin prison's COVID-19 outbreak puts strain on hospitals

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  The massive outbreak prompted the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to set up an incident command center at the prison

• How COVID-19 in jails and prisons threatens nearby communities

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  Two new studies show that jails can contribute enormously to coronavirus case totals outside their walls

• New outbreaks push inmate coronavirus cases past 50,000

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  Six states now have infection rates higher than one of every 10 inmates

• Wash. health officer issues order to jail COVID-positive homeless man who refused to self-isolate

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  “It’s a very unique case and very rare,” said a Spokane Regional Health District spokesperson

• Judge: NY lockup's COVID-19 response lacked common sense

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  The Manhattan jurist has allowed inmates to proceed with a lawsuit in their quest to improve conditions at the facility

• Outbreak at San Quentin prison could pose threat to entire SF Bay Area

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  Health experts warned prison medical officials two weeks ago to cut the prison's population by at least half

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