Groups argue the Senate must prioritize COVID-19 relief over a rushed SCOTUS confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a problematic nominee with a record of hostility to rights critically important to people with disabilities.
CHLP's Amir Sadeghi joins the Counter Narrative Project (CNP) on Facebook Live for a panel discussion on the criminalization of people living with HIV.
This New York Daily News op-ed supporting CHLP-endorsed contact tracing legislation was penned by Alice Fontier at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem and Kevin Vanderhook from Riverside Church.
CHLP Interim Staff Attorney Marguerite Schauer addresses the intersections between HIV criminal laws, the viral hepatitis and COVID-19 epidemics in Georgia.
On April 20, 2020 a federal district court ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reassess the appropriateness of detention for all migrants nationwide at increased risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. ICE was ordered to swiftly identify those in its custody at greater risk due to health conditions or age and release them if their well-being could not be protected in the crowded detention centers that ICE administers.
Today, New York’s legislature passed an essential bill - A.10500-C/S.8450-C - to protect the confidentiality of contact tracing information and prohibit access by law enforcement and immigration enforcement. Sponsored by the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Health Committees, Senator Gustavo Rivera and Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, this bill helps ensure that contact tracing achieves its public health goals and is not weaponized against communities of color.
The NACDL, the nation’s criminal defense bar, renews its call for immediate action to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and jails to save the lives of incarcerated people, correctional facility staff, and surrounding communities.
