Vera Institute of Justice: Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Applaud Federal Bill to Collect COVID-19 Data in Prisons, Jails
August 07, 2020
August 07, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by President Nicholas Turner:
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Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), along with Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) introduced the COVID in Corrections Data Transparency Act, bicameral legislation to further COVID . . .
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Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), along with Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) introduced the COVID in Corrections Data Transparency Act, bicameral legislation to further COVID . . .