Congressional Dems Blast Feds Over Pregnant Inmate's COVID-19 Death
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2020-04-30
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Reuters report the Federal Bureau of Prisons is under fire from Congressional Democrats.
They're outraged by the BOP's treatment of a 30-year-old incarcerated pregnant woman.
Andrea Circle Bear died this week from COVID-19 after giving birth while on a ventilator.
We have a moral and constitutional duty to prevent additional deaths among those who are detained or imprisoned. Congressman Jerrold Nadler Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has killed at least 31 federal inmates and sickened more than 1,500.
Attorney General William Barr in late March ordered the BOP to begin working to release non-violent federal inmates into home confinement.
However, the rules have shifted multiple times since then over who can qualify for home confinement, leaving many vulnerable to contracting the virus.
They're outraged by the BOP's treatment of a 30-year-old incarcerated pregnant woman.
Andrea Circle Bear died this week from COVID-19 after giving birth while on a ventilator.
We have a moral and constitutional duty to prevent additional deaths among those who are detained or imprisoned. Congressman Jerrold Nadler Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has killed at least 31 federal inmates and sickened more than 1,500.
Attorney General William Barr in late March ordered the BOP to begin working to release non-violent federal inmates into home confinement.
However, the rules have shifted multiple times since then over who can qualify for home confinement, leaving many vulnerable to contracting the virus.
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