The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a federal judge's order that required the government to begin moving more than 800 inmates from an Ohio prison who are at risk of catching the COVID-19 virus.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal judge's order that required the government to begin moving more than 800 inmates from an Ohio prison who are at risk of catching theIn a brief, order signed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor with no noted dissent, the court gave the Trump administration more time to challenge the judge's order in the lower courts.
"Social distancing is literally impossible in Elkton's 150-person communal units," the ACLU told the Supreme Court. The 844 inmates identified as elderly and medically vulnerable"are being compelled to live at grave ." Their beds and sinks are close together, and they must stand in tightly grouped lines for meals, the lawsuit said.
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