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    The document calls for an increase in the pace of releasing non-violent inmates from Philadelphia jails to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It notes that Philadelphia jails have reported the first positive COVID-19 cases and that containing the rapid spread of the virus in the jail population will be impossible. It recommends reviewing at least 30 cases per day to drastically lower the jail population within 5 days, as other jurisdictions have done through mass releases of non-violent inmates. It expresses concern that the current pace of 6 judges reviewing cases is too slow and will not make a significant reduction, and calls on judges to urgently address this humanitarian and public health crisis.

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    The document calls for an increase in the pace of releasing non-violent inmates from Philadelphia jails to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It notes that Philadelphia jails have reported the first positive COVID-19 cases and that containing the rapid spread of the virus in the jail population will be impossible. It recommends reviewing at least 30 cases per day to drastically lower the jail population within 5 days, as other jurisdictions have done through mass releases of non-violent inmates. It expresses concern that the current pace of 6 judges reviewing cases is too slow and will not make a significant reduction, and calls on judges to urgently address this humanitarian and public health crisis.

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    The document calls for an increase in the pace of releasing non-violent inmates from Philadelphia jails to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It notes that Philadelphia jails have reported the first positive COVID-19 cases and that containing the rapid spread of the virus in the jail population will be impossible. It recommends reviewing at least 30 cases per day to drastically lower the jail population within 5 days, as other jurisdictions have done through mass releases of non-violent inmates. It expresses concern that the current pace of 6 judges reviewing cases is too slow and will not make a significant reduction, and calls on judges to urgently address this humanitarian and public health crisis.

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    Increase Pace of Release Petition

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    Kyle Barry
    The document calls for an increase in the pace of releasing non-violent inmates from Philadelphia jails to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It notes that Philadelphia jails have reported the first positive COVID-19 cases and that containing the rapid spread of the virus in the jail population will be impossible. It recommends reviewing at least 30 cases per day to drastically lower the jail population within 5 days, as other jurisdictions have done through mass releases of non-violent inmates. It expresses concern that the current pace of 6 judges reviewing cases is too slow and will not make a significant reduction, and calls on judges to urgently address this humanitarian and public health crisis.

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    Increase Pace of Release from Philadelphia Jails.

    Our jails constitute one of the epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, with New York’s jails
    reporting a 7 times higher infection rate than the rest of the city. Philadelphia is one of the most
    incarcerated metropolises in the world, with 4,500 people in jail, 70% of whom are Black, and
    18% Latinx. As China, Iran, and New York found out, containing the rapid spread of the
    epidemic in this population is impossible, and Philadelphia has already reported the first positive
    cases in its jails.

    In order to curtail the spread of the infection, jurisdictions across the world, from New Jersey to
    Iran, have been releasing non-violent inmates en masse. Currently, of the more than 80 Judges
    who can do so, only 6 judges in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (covering
    Philadelphia) appear to be reviewing the 4,500 cases. We have perhaps 5 days to drastically
    lower the jail population in Philadelphia in order to prevent the rapid spread of the infection
    inside, and eventually out into the community. Given this timeline, the current pace of review is
    too slow to make any significant dent in the jail population. For 4,500 cases to be reviewed in
    that time, at least 30 Judges need to be reviewing 30 cases each, daily. As President Judge of
    the Municipal Courts, and Supervising Judge, Criminal Trial Division of the Court of Common
    Pleas, we ask that you conscript at least 30 Judges from the pool of over 80 who are currently
    free and available, to complete the reviews as soon as possible.

    The log jam of reviews for release created by the advent of the coronavirus has created an
    unprecedented humanitarian and public health crisis in the city of Philadelphia. As infectious
    diseases scholars, physicians, professors, lawyers, and community members, we are
    extremely concerned about this looming disaster. We request urgently that you employ
    your administrative powers to address this situation immediately.

    Virginia Shubert, Senior Advisor - Policy and Research, Housing Works

    Toorjo Ghose, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Max Cavitch, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Chi-ming Yang, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Suvir Kaul, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Ania Loomba, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Chao Guo, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Aaron Levy, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, and Executive Director,
    Slought Foundation
    Dushyantha Jayaweera

    Matt Duques, Co-owner, People’s Books & Culture

    Diana Bellonby, Co-owner, People’s Books & Culture

    Meagan Corrado, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College

    Ezekiel Dixon-Román, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Johanna Greeson, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Alison Neff, Assistant Professor Graduate Social Work, West Chester University

    Roberta Rehner Iversen, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Waquar Ahmed, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of North Texas

    Caroline Wong, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Jennifer Ponce de León, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Yin Ling Irene Wong, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Samira Ali, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston

    Warren J. Ferguson, MD, Professor and Director of Health and Criminal Justice Programs,
    University of Massachusetts Medical School

    Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz, The George Washington University-Milken Institute School of Public


    Health

    Michela Blain, MD, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, University of Washington

    Rogerio M. Pinto, Professor, University of Michigan

    Angela Aidala, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

    Sharon Parker, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and
    Technical State University

    Paul K. Saint-Amour, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    Nicole R. Fleetwood, Rutgers University

    Jim Cummings, Certified Supports Broker, Values Into Action

    Debra Fischer, Dean of Academic Affairs, Prof of Astronomy, Yale University

    Amy Hillier, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Ricardo Vargas Molina, MA, Project Coordinator, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences
    Campus

    Scott Burris, Professor of Law and Public Health, Temple University


    Edward Fischer, MD Retired Cardiologist, S.San Francisco Kaiser Med Center 1986-2015

    Natalie Flath, MPH, Research Analyst, University of Maryland School of Social Work

    Dennis Culhane, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    Jules Epstein, Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy Programs, Temple Beasley School of
    Law

    Amanda Bunting, NYU School of Medicine

    Pier Cicerelle, Graduate Social Work, West Chester University

    Ginneh Akbar, Assistant Professor Graduate Social Work, West Chester University

    Cassie Haynes, J.D., M.P.H., Co-Executive Director, Resolve Philly

    Julie Cederbaum, PhD, MSW, MPH, Associate Professor, University of Southern California

    Andrea Doyle, LICSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Behavioral Medicine
    & Psychiatry

    Darcey Merritt, MSW, PhD, New York University, Silver School of Social Work

    Dallas Swendeman, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and


    Biobehavioral Sciences & Department of Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles

    Lisa Schweitzer, PhD, Professor, Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis and Gender and
    Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California

    Claudio Fogu, PhD, Associate Professor, Italian Studies, University of California Santa Barbara

    Katherine Evering-Rowe, MA, MSW

    Jessica St. Jacobs, M.Phil.Ed, LPC

    Suzy Martin, Editor, Prison Health News

    Seth Cosimini, PhD, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Nevada

    Brie Radis, DSW, LCSW, MSS, MLSP, Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Social Work, West
    Chester University

    Ram A. Cnaan, Ph.D. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

    A’Brianna Morgan, Lead Mass Liberation Organizer, Reclaim Philadelphia

    France Winddance Twine, PhD, Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara

    Tanya Golash-Boza, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced

    Meg Panichellil, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Social Work, West Chester
    University of PA

    Gabriel Rockhill, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University


    Adriana Garriga-Lopez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology, Kalamazoo College

    Laura Simpson, Villanova University

    Kelly McCarthy

    Ashley Arnwine

    Jenna Peters-Golden, co-founder and worker-owner of AORTA

    Jill Mullin, LCSW, social worker with homeless population

    Shohini Ghose, Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    Holly Peters-Golden, Dept of Anthropology, University of Michigan

    Gus Grannan, Harm Reduction Coordinator, Project SAFE, Philadelphia PA

    Lulu Duffy-Tumasz, Delivery Coordinator and Board Member, Project Safe

    Maisie Sibbison-Alves

    Eva Boodman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rowan University

    Julia Henly, Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

    Annike Sprow, LSW, Lakeside Neurologic Specialist

    Karli Hochstatter, PhD, MPH, Columbia University School of Social Work

    Joanne Douglas

    John Palmer, BA, Oregon State University. 15 year PHL judicial elections voter + tax payer

    Marc Peters-Golden, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical


    School

    Bench Ansfield, PhD Candidate in American Studies, Yale University

    Bethany Blum, DO, neuromusculoskeletal medicine specialist

    Emily Abendroth, Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

    Vanessa Newman, DO, Resident physician

    Ellie Taylor, LSW, Smith College School of Social Work

    Dan Berger, Associate Professor, University of Washington Bothell

    Seema Clifasefi, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle

    Nikki Grant, Policy Lead, Amistad Law Project

    Nabil Kashyap, Librarian, Swarthmore College

    Casey Bohrman, Associate Professor of Grad Social Work, West Chester University
    Jackie Soro

    Em Downing

    Robin Markle, Coordinator of Philly Childcare Collective

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