Kathleen Sabo speaks with General Counsel Adrianne Turner and Appellate Defender Kim Chavez Cook from the Law Offices of the Public Defender, and Staff Attorney Lalita Moskowitz of the ACLU of NM about the ethics of keeping people in prisons and jails during the pandemic, and legal and other actions taking place in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in those institutions and their surrounding communities.

Resources:

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID-Sign-on-Letter_City-of-Santa-Fe.docx.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sup-Ct-Petition-Writ-Appendix-FILED.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SC-38252-Ltr-Supp-Auth-with-attachments.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMDAA-Response-final.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMCD-Verified-Response.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMAG-Response-to-Emergency-Petition-for-Emergency-Mandamus-and-or-Habeas....pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Motion-for-reply-Reply-Appx-E-2.pdf

Action Item:

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/tell-governor-lujan-grisham-immediately-reduce-overcrowding-jails-and-prisons-protect

Newspaper articles:

http://nmindepth.com/2020/05/05/lujan-grisham-administration-says-it-will-conduct-wide-scale-covid-19-testing-in-nm-prisons/

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/coronavirus/union-corrections-department-refuses-to-share-covid-19-plans/article_1706143c-907f-11ea-82d4-8fb723de96c0.html