COCHS' Weekly Update Archive
Current Weekly Update: October 19, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Records, Crisis Response Team, Department of Justice, Indigenous People, Juvenile Justice, Mask Mandate, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, North Carolina, Policing, Pregnancy, Racial Disparities, Rikers Island, San Quentin, Sheriff Ken Mascara, Sheriff Mark Lamb, Sheriff Victor Hill, Sheriffs, Suicide Prevention, Tennessee, Texas, Transgender, Vaccination Mandate, Vermont, Virginia, Wrongful Convictions
Weekly Update: October 12, 2021
CoreCivic, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, Diversion, Entrapment, Gavin Newsom, GEO Group, Incarceration Rates, Jail Construction, Juvenile Justice, Mask Mandate, Mental Health, Mental Health Court, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Policing, Pregnancy, President Joe Biden, Racial Disparities, Reducing Incarceration, Rikers Island, Sex Offenders, Solitary Confinement, Suicide, TikTok, Transgender, Vaccination Mandate, Vermont
Weekly Update: October 5, 2021
Alabama, California, Community Supervision, Compassionate Release, COVID-19 Studies, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, Debt Collection, Delta, Department of Justice, Diversion, Fatalities, Fines and Fees, Gavin Newsom, ICE, Incarceration Rates, Medicaid, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion, Mental Health, Oklahoma, Policing, President Joe Biden, Racial Disparities, Reducing Incarceration, Rikers Island, Vaccination Mandate
Weekly Update: September 28, 2021
Alabama, Alameda County, California, Correctional Officers' Union, Correctional Staff Refusing Vaccine, COVID-19 Studies, Dan Mistak, Delta, Department of Justice, Gavin Newsom, Georgia, ICE, Incarceration Rates, Jail and Prison Conditions, Mental Health, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, President Joe Biden, Probation, Probation Reform, Racial Disparities, Reducing Incarceration, Rikers Island, Robots, RTL, Santa Rita, Transgender
Weekly Update: September 21, 2021
Arkansas, California, Clemency, Correctional Officers' Union, Correctional Staff Refusing Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Disruptions, COVID-19 Mortality, Department of Justice, Florida, Georgia, Incarceration Rates, Investigation, Ivermectin, Jury Trial, Mental Health, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Physician Voices, President Joe Biden, Racial Disparities, Rikers Island, San Quentin, SUPPORT Act, Systemic Racism, Vaccination Enforcement, Water
Weekly Update: September 14, 2021
Centurion, Compassionate Release, Correct Care Solutions, Correctional Officers' Union, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, Delta, EHR, Inmate Voices, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, Opioid Epidemic, Orange County, Pregnancy, Racial Disparities, Recidivism, Reentry Programs, Rikers Island, San Quentin, Staffing Shortages, Vaccination Mandate, Wellpath
Weekly Update: August 31, 2021
Census, Clemency, Compassionate Release, CorrectHealth, Correctional Officers' Union, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, Data Transparency, Deaths, Delta, Ivermectin, Jeffrey Epstein, Judges, Juvenile Detention, Lawsuits, Mental Health, New York, Orange County, Prison Health Care, Rikers Island, San Quentin, Sex Trafficking, Staffing Shortages, White House
Weekly Update: August 24, 2021
Alabama, Arizona, Arnold Ventures, Colorado, Compassionate Release, Correctional Officers' Union, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Delta, Disabilities, ICE, Immigration, Jail Health Care, Judges, Juvenile Detention, New York, Opioid Epidemic, Orange County, Prison Health Care, San Quentin, Webinar
Weekly Update: August 17, 2021
California, CoreCivic, Correctional Officers' Union, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Delta, Due Process Continuity of Care Act, ICE, Immigration, Jail Health Care, Juvenile Detention, Louisiana, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion, Mental Health, New Jersey, North Carolina, Opioid Epidemic, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Prison Health Care, Racial Disparities, Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act, Rhode Island, Staffing Shortages, Webinar
Weekly Update: August 10, 2021
Centene, Corizon, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Vaccination, Data, Decarceration, Delta, Jail Health Care, MAT, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, Mistaken Identity, Opioid Epidemic, Prison Health Care, Sentence Reduction, Systemic Racism, Tribal Jail, Violence, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: August 3, 2021
Bank Account, BOP, Bribery, California, Campaign Contribution, Correct Care Solutions, COVID-19 Surge, Delta, Drug Decriminalization, GEO Group, Louisiana, MAT, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, PPE, Prison Health Care, Racial Disparities, Resistance To Vaccination, Restitution, Sheriff, South Dakota, Substance Abuse Treatment, Suicide, Virginia, Wellpath
Weekly Update: July 27, 2021
Alabama, Arkansas, Armor Correctional Health Services, Correctional Officers, COVID-19 Treatment, COVID-19 Vaccination, Debt Collection, DOJ Facility Violations, First Step Act, Georgia, Homeless, Juvenile Detention, Legal Suits, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, Missouri, Philadelphia, Prison Expansion, Racial Disparities, Resistance To Vaccination, Southern Health Partners, Staffing Shortages, Transgender, War On Drugs
Weekly Update: July 20, 2021
Alabama, Arkansas, Barriers to Reentry, Childhood Trauma, Colorado, Correctional Officers, COVID-19 Surge, Georgia, Hawai'i, Juvenile Detention, Legal Suits, Los Angeles County, Missouri, Naloxone, New Mexico, Opioid Epidemic, Overdose, Philadelphia, Pregnancy, Reentry, San Diego, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: July 13, 2021
Centurion, Corizon, COVID-19 Sentencing, COVID-19 Surge, COVID-19 Transmission, COVID-19 Vaccination, Criminal Justice Reform, DNA, Homeless, MAT, Mental Health, NaphCare, President Joe Biden, Transgender, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: June 29, 2021
CCS, Connecticut, Food Service, Hawai'i, Hepatitis C, ICE, Jail Closure, Juvenile Detention, Los Angeles County, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion, Mental Health, NaphCare, Policing, Post Pandemic, President Joe Biden, Reentry, Reincarceration, Rikers Island, Vaccine, Vermont, Wellpath, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: June 22, 2021
Alabama, Barriers to Reentry, California, Centene, Centurion, CoreCivic, COVID-19 Mortality, Hawai'i, Hepatitis C, ICE, Indian Affairs, Kay Ivey, Legal Suits, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion, Mental Health, Policing, Rikers Island, Sentencing, Staffing Shortages, Vaccine, Washington DC, Wellpath
Weekly Update: June 15, 2021
Armor Correctional Health Services, Austin, Bank Account, BOP, Colorado, CoreCivic, CorrectHealth, ICE, Legal Suits, Mental Health, MOUD, New Mexico, New Orleans, Policing, Public Defender, Racial Disparities, Rikers Island, SCOTUS, Sentencing, Solitary Confinement, Substance Abuse Treatment, Texas, Vaccine
Weekly Update: June 8, 2021
Alabama, Algorithm, CCBHC, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19 Transmission, Criminal Justice Reform, Hawai'i, Humane Correctional Health Care Act, ICE, Medicaid, Mental Health, MOUD, Naloxone, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Policing, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Rikers Island, San Quentin, SCOTUS, Substance Abuse Treatment, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Vaccine, Women
Weekly Update: June 1, 2021
Alabama, Centurion, Childbirth, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correctional Officers, COVID-19 Transmission, Dallas, Hawai'i, Homeless, Humane Correctional Health Care Act, ICE, Indiana, Medicaid, Medical Parole, Mental Health, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Opioid Epidemic, Policing, Pregnancy, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Rikers Island, San Quentin, Substance Abuse Treatment, Tablet, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Vaccine
Weekly Update: May 25, 2021
Alabama, CoreCivic, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, ICE, Lockdown, Medicaid, Medical License, Medical Parole, Mental Health, Nevada, Opioid Epidemic, Policing, Racial Disparities, Recidivism, Reentry, Substance Abuse Treatment, Vaccine, Washington DC
Weekly Update: May 18, 2021
1115 Medicaid Waiver, California, CoreCivic, CorrHealth, COVID-19, COVID-19 Lawsuits, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, ICE, Iowa, Lockdown, Louisiana, Medicaid, Medical License, Mental Health, NaphCare, Opioid Epidemic, Policing, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Sickle Cell, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, Suboxone, Substance Abuse Treatment, Vaccine, Washington DC, Wexford Health Sources
Weekly Update: May 11, 2021
California, CBT, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correctional Officers, Correctional Officers' Union, COVID-19, COVID-19 Lawsuits, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, ICE, Inmate Voices, Medical University of South Carolina, Mental Health, Physical Abuse, Post Pandemic, Prison Closure, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Reincarceration, Rikers Island, Santa Rita, South Carolina, Supreme Court, Vaccine, Washington DC, Wellpath
Weekly Update: May 4, 2021
Abuse of Power, California, CBT, Colorado, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, ICE, MAT, Mental Health, Opioid Epidemic, Physical Abuse, Policing, Post Pandemic, President Joe Biden, Prison Closure, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Solitary Confinement, Substance Use Disorder, Vaccine
Weekly Update: April 27, 2021
Abortion, California, Centurion, Colorado, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Florida, Homeless, ICE, Injection Sites, Inmate Voices, Kentucky, Mental Health, Minors, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Opioid Epidemic, Physical Abuse, Policing, Pregnancy, Prison Closure, Reentry, Shackling, Solitary Confinement, Telehealth, Vaccine, Washington State
Weekly Update: April 20, 2021
Abortion, AIDS, Bail Reform, California, Colorado, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Environmental Impact, Florida, Grand Prairie Healthcare Services, Hawai'i, ICE, Inmate Voices, Johnson & Johnson, Kentucky, MAT, Medicaid, Medicaid Reentry Act, Minors, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Prison Closure, Reentry, Sacramento, Solitary Confinement, Technology, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Vaccine, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: April 13, 2021
Abortion, California, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Florida, Georgia Department of Corrections, Inmate Voices, Kentucky, Lawsuits, Medicaid, Mental Health, Michigan, Minors, New York, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Sacramento, Solitary Confinement, Technology, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Transgender, Vaccine, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: April 6, 2021
California, Centurion, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Criminal Justice Reform, Dr. Thomas Lincoln, Employment, Florida, Judicial Rulings, Juvenile Detention, Lockdown, Mental Health, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Policing, Prison Visits, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Rikers Island, Sacramento, Solitary Confinement, Specialty Courts, Springfield MA, Technology, Telemedicine, Transgender, Vaccine, Vermont, Wellpath
Weekly Update: March 30, 2021
ACLU, Bail Reform, California, CoreCivic, Correct Care Solutions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Department of Agriculture, Florida, Homeless, ICE, LA County, Maryland, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, Missouri, Mortality, Nevada, Policing, Racial Disparities, Solitary Confinement, State Initiatives, Technology, Vaccine, Vermont, West Virginia
Weekly Update: March 23, 2021
Arizona, California, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, GEO Group, ICE, Inmate Voices, Lawsuits, MAT, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, OUD, Prison Visits, Racial Disparities, School to Prison Pipeline, Solitary Confinement, State Initiatives, Vaccine, Vaccine Incentives, Vermont
Weekly Update: March 16, 2021
Arizona, California, Colorado, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, COVID-19 Variant, Criminal Justice Reform, Cuomo, Florida, Hepatitis C, Juvenile Detention, Kentucky, Maine, Mental Health, New Orleans, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Parole, Racial Disparities, Sacramento, San Diego, Solitary Confinement, State Initiatives, Telemedicine, Vaccine, Vermont, Wellpath, West Virginia
Weekly Update: March 9, 2021
Arizona, Behavioral Health, California, Canine Attacks, Centurion, CoreCivic, Correct Care Solutions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Disruptions, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Drug Decriminalization, Harvard, Hawai'i, Herd Immunity, Inmate Voices, Kansas, Life Sentence, Maine, Maryland, Mental Health, Michigan, North Carolina, Nutrition, Oregon, Parole, Racial Disparities, State Initiatives, SUD, Vaccine, Vermont, Washington State, Wellpath
Weekly Update: March 2, 2021
Americans with Disabilities Act, Arizona, Bail, California, Congresswoman Katie Porter, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, COVID-19 Variant, Criminal Justice Reform, Florida, ICE, Idaho, Inmate Voices, Jail, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, MAT, Mental Health, Michigan, Opioid Epidemic, Racial Disparities, Slavery, State Initiatives, US Marshall Service, Vaccine
Weekly Update: February 23, 2021
ACA, Bail, CoreCivic, Correctional Care, Correctional Staff Refusing Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, COVID-19 Treatment, COVID-19 Variant, Florida, ICE, Inmate Voices, Jail, Kansas, Medicaid Expansion, MEnD Correctional Care, Mental Health, Michigan, Obamacare, Public Defender, Racial Disparities, Recidivism, Senator Tammy Baldwin, Southern Health Partners, Texas, US Marshall Service, Vaccine, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: February 16, 2021
Alabama, California, Cannabis Decriminalization, Congressman Paul D. Tonko, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, Criminal Justice Reform, Data Analysis, Data Transparency, Decarceration, District Attorneys, Jail, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, Opioid Epidemic, President Joe Biden, Racial Disparities, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Tammy Baldwin, Vaccine
Weekly Update: January 26, 2021
CoreCivic, Corizon, CorrectHealth, COVID-19, COVID-19 Lawsuits, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Housing, Inmate Voices, Jail, Jury Trial, Mental Health, Nutrition, President Joe Biden, Probation Reform, Vaccine
Weekly Update: January 05, 2021
Corizon, CorrectHealth, Correctional Health Care Vendors, COVID-19, Criminal Justice Reform, Decarceration, Facial Recognition, Jail, Medical Marijuana, Mental Health, NaphCare, Parole, Prison, Private Prisons, Probation Reform, Technology, Vaccine
Weekly Update: December 08, 2020
California, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Delays Justice System, COVID-19 Transmission, Diversion, Jail, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, Minors, Opioid Epidemic, Prison, Racial Disparities, UConn Health, Vaccine
Weekly Update: November 17, 2020
Armor Correctional Health Services, California, CoreCivic, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, COVID-19 Mortality, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, GEO Group, Health IT, Jail, Medicaid Expansion, Mental Health, Physical Abuse, Post Incarceration, PPE, Prison, UConn Health, VitalCore Health Strategies
Weekly Update: November 10, 2020
2020 Election, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, GEO Group, Jail, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mentally Ill, Prison, Racial Disparities, Wexford Health Sources
Weekly Update: November 03, 2020
California, Carceral State, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correct Care Solutions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, GEO Group, Housing, Jail, Mental Health, Mortality, Post Incarceration, Prison, Racial Disparities, SUD, Wellpath, WellStar Medical Services, Wexford Health Sources
Weekly Update: October 27, 2020
Arrests, California, Corrections Corporation of America, COVID-19, COVID-19 Mortality, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Georgia Department of Corrections, Health Safety Protocols, ICE, Jail, McKinsey, Medicaid, Mental Health, Prison, Racial Disparities, Rikers Island, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: October 20, 2020
CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, COVID-19 Stimulus Payments, COVID-19 Transmission, Data Analysis, Decarceration, Diversion, GEO Group, Healthcare Shortages, ICE, Inmate Voices, Jail, Lived Experience, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mortality, Preventive Release, Prison, Reentry, Solitary Confinement, SUPPORT Act, Webinar, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: October 06, 2020
CoreCivic, Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act, COVID-19, COVID-19 Guidance, COVID-19 Jail Prison Bottleneck, COVID-19 Stimulus, Geriatric Inmates, Hysterectomies, ICE, Jail, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, Prison, Senator Tammy Duckworth, SUD, SUPPORT Act
Weekly Update: September 15, 2020
Body Cams, California, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Mortality, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, ICE, Jail, Mental Health, Physical Abuse, Prison, Release Denied, Transporting Inmates, Wildfires
Weekly Update: September 08, 2020
California, Cellphones, COCHS News, CoreCivic, Correctional Health Coordinators, COVID-19, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Florida, Jail, Jail Expansion, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mental Health, National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, Prison, Solitary Confinement, Vikki Wachino, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: August 25, 2020
Bureau of Justice Statistics, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Criminal Justice Reform, Delaware, Hawai'i, Jail, Michigan, Mississippi, Prison, Racial Disparities, Rural Jails, Vermont, Wildfires
Weekly Update: August 18, 2020
ACLU, California, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Jail, Medicaid Reentry Act, National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), PPE and Sheriffs, Prison, San Quentin
Weekly Update: August 11, 2020
California, Corrections Data Transparency Act, COVID-19, COVID-19 Legislation, COVID-19 Prevention, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Inmate Voices, Jail, Pell Grant, Prison, Racial Disparities, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vermont, Violence, Washington State
Weekly Update: August 04, 2020
Arkansas, California, COVID-19, COVID-19 Lawsuits, COVID-19 Transmission, Decarceration, Inmate Voices, Jail, Jay-Z, Medicaid, Minors, Mississippi, Parole Violations, Prison, Prison Abolition, Rikers Island, San Quentin, Vermont, Violence
Weekly Update: July14, 2020
Arnold Ventures, California, COVID-19, COVID-19 Lawsuits, COVID-19 Studies, COVID-19 Transmission, Grant, ICE, Jail, Kentucky, Medicaid, Mental Health, New Mexico, Ohio, PPE and Sheriffs, Preventive Release, Prison, Racial Disparities, San Quentin
Weekly Update: May 19, 2020
Alameda County, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Correctional Health Coordinators, COVID-19, COVID-19 Recommendations, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Early Release, Jail, NAMI, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Prison, Riverside County, Supreme Court, Texas, Women in Corrections
Weekly Update: May 12, 2020
BOP, California, CoreCivic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Statistics, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Transmission, Early Release, GEO Group, Indiana, Jail, Lompoc, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Mississippi, Prison, Private Prisons, Racial Disparities, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Women in Corrections