COVID-19

Overview: COVID-19 has impacted many aspects of society, but one crucial and neglected aspect of managing the crisis of COVID-19 is in correctional facilities. A large number of justice-involved individuals reside in these correctional facilities, and it can be difficult to enforce social distancing and other mitigation efforts in this congregate setting. This workshop will inform and provide COVID-19 vaccine education for health professionals and justice-involved individuals to increase awareness and decrease spread of COVID-19 within correctional facilities and the community.

It’s been about 10 months since the first cases of Covid-19 started showing up in US jails and prisons. Since that time, correctional facilities have been recognized as “hot-spots” for the spread of the virus with nearly 300,000 incarcerated and detained people becoming infected with the virus. There have also been close to 70,000 cases of Covid-19 among correctional workers with over 100 deaths.

The 2020 Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives was held virtually on September 24, 2020. Hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the event brought together Governors’ criminal justice policy advisors (CJPAs) and state administering agency executives (SAAs) to discuss a variety of criminal justice and public safety issues, hear from federal partners, and share best practices.

Convening criminal system stakeholders to discuss court operations.

As a result of COVID-19, most jurisdictions in the country quickly moved court and court-related communications from in-person to audio- and video-technology without fully examining the impact of these technologies on the parties or the core purposes of the court process.

In partnership with the Collaborative Reform Initiate Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) and the COPS Office, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will host a webinar on July 28, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST on preparing for college and university students and faculty returning to campus.

Join the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators for their upcoming “COVID-19: The Return to Campus and the ‘New Normal’” webinar on July 28, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET. This webinar will address how institutions of higher education are preparing for the return of their students and faculty members in light of COVID-19.

In the past two months, prosecutors' offices and court systems across the nation have seen their daily work to maintain constitutional justice uprooted, altered, and halted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, in response to George Floyd’s death, the criminal justice system also began facing calls for expanded police accountability. The role of the prosecutor is changing rapidly and the steps that prosecutors take in the upcoming months could impact the justice system for years to come.

Join CNA and the National District Attorneys Association for their upcoming  webinar on June 16, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Attendees will learn about three offices’ experiences throughout COVID-19 and the challenges that prosecutors will face in future months.

This virtual meeting will provide an overview of the current statutory framework for community supervision and prison release that enables a rapid response to COVID-19 and highlight policies of concern to states during the pandemic. Attendees will also hear from practitioners about how policy is playing out in the justice system and have an opportunity to ask questions.
 

*This virtual meeting is made possible through the generous support of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ public safety performance project.