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• Ohio bill to give COs workers' comp if exposed to bodily fluids from inmates

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  House Bill 81 provides workers' comp coverage of post-exposure medical diagnosis services for a CO's exposure to an inmate's blood or bodily fluids

• Mich. state rep. fights to give COs same benefits as LEOs

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  "Corrections officers are hard-working people who deserve the same treatment as other law enforcement officers," State Rep. Jack O'Malley said

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• Ala. DOC behind on meeting court order to alleviate CO staffing shortage

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  The Department of Justice said a severe staffing shortage helped create what the DOJ alleged last year were unconstitutional conditions in Alabama's men's prisons

• NJ Supreme Court: Gov.'s COVID-19 prison release program denies inmates' rights

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  Gov. Phil Murphy's administration was ordered to stop keeping inmates and their attorneys in the dark over which inmates can be released

• NC court: Death row inmates can use repealed bias law

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  The rulings also stand to revive potentially cases of more than 100 inmates who claim racial bias was the reason or a significant factor for their death sentence

• Supreme Court blocks order to remove inmates at Ohio prison

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  The inmates were scheduled for transfer as part of an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton

• Federal judge rules against Fla. on felons paying fines to vote

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  A judge said the state can condition voting on fines and restitution a person is able to pay, but can't condition voting on payment of amounts a person is unable to pay

• COs with allergies can sue over Mich. inmate leader dog training program

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  Two COs said they were retaliated against after filing complaints alleging disability discrimination

• Court: Miami jail can't be forced to give inmates masks, soap and cleaning supplies

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  The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said a judge overstepped when she ruled Metro West Detention Center inmates get the supplies and be tested for COVID-19

• Federal trial opens over Fla.'s felon voting law

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  Lawyers are trying to persuade a judge to permanently undo a state law that requires felons to first settle their financial debts before regaining the right to vote

• Wash. Supreme Court rejects lawsuit seeking additional release of inmates

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  In a 5-4 decision, a court majority found the emergency petition by Columbia Legal Services had not proven the state is failing in its duties to incarcerated people

• 'A perfect storm': Health experts warn of rapid COVID-19 spread in Texas prisons

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  Health experts and criminal justice advocates are pushing for early inmate releases to alleviate crowding

• Lawsuit: Chicago jail has failed to stop 'rapidly unfolding public health disaster'

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  The assistant director of Cook County Jail testified that more than 175 tiers in the facility have transitioned to single-cell housing to help stem the spread of COVID-19

• Mo. Supreme Court weighs $113M overtime payout to COs

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  Corrections officers claim they are due pay for the time it takes to begin and end each shift

• Federal appeals court halts ruling mandating masks, sanitizer at Texas prison

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  Lawyers argued the ruling was "absurd," because it prioritized the needs of inmates over front line workers

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