The New York Post: Federal inmate with coronavirus dies after giving birth on ventilator

The Justice Action Network, a Washington-based criminal justice watchdog group, accused the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Prisons of having “direct responsibility” for Circle Bear’s death.

“Attorney General Barr and Director [Michael] Carvajal must explain themselves and the cruelty and systematic failures up and down the chain of command that led to a young mother-to-be’s preventable death,” the group’s president and executive director, Holly Harris, said in a joint statement with former US Attorney Brett Tolman. “In what world should a pregnant woman be incarcerated, especially in the middle of a virus outbreak, for a rarely-prosecuted technical violation?”

https://nypost.com/2020/04/29/federal-inmate-with-coronavirus-dies-after-giving-birth-on-ventilator/

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