As of December 2021, 36,000 inmates from the federal prison system were placed in home confinement because of COVID-19. It would be interesting to get information on the age distribution of those released. The US prison population declined by 157,500 persons during...
Prisoners released from jail due to Coronavirus
Freed from jail to protect him from coronavirus, Virginia rape suspect kills accuser
With large numbers of inmates being released from jails and prisons across the country because of the Coronavirus, these types of crimes aren't too surprising. A rape suspect who was released from jail in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Ibrahim E. Bouaichi, went...
Coronavirus UPDATE: High-risk sex offender re-arrested two weeks after release
Even before the Coronavirus hit, California jails had greatly reduced the number of inmates because of the end of the bail system. As the Orange County DA in the above video indicates, the number of inmates has been so reduced that it isn't necessary to release even...
A cost of releasing prisoners: “Florida inmate freed amid coronavirus concerns murdered man one day after release,” second degree murder with a firearm and resisting an officer.
From CBS Channel 17 in Tampa, Florida: An inmate who was released from a Florida jail in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus is back behind bars and accused of committing second-degree murder the day after he got out, deputies say.The Hillsborough County...
Previously convicted murderer, who was released from Rikers Island Jail over Coronavirus fears, busted for bank robbery
On March 28th, James Little, 40, was released from jail because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Little, who had previously served twenty years in prison for murder, was arrested earlier in March for strangulation. Just ten days after his release, he was arrested again...