Cases & Concepts

Cases & Concepts: A conversation about jail and prisoners' rights with Sam A. Harton

In our latest Cases & Concepts [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn_i-5g4iPjBDjm2gQg1d6eY4lNZJoqhc&si=c_y9wHvX0G5rXXzr] podcast, Senior Attorney Sam A. Harton [https://www.rblaw.net/professionals-sam-harton] discusses jail and prisoners’ rights, mental health and treatment while incarcerated, staffing issues, what loved ones and the public should know about what incarcerated individuals face and experience and more. “There have been some years where suicide has been the leading cause of death inside jails throughout our country. And that’s because we over-incarcerate people suffering from mental illness and people who are suffering an acute crisis related to their mental illness. And so when our default response to mental illness is to throw them in jail or really putting those people at risk, and then the sort of second facet to that second reason why suicide is so common inside of jails is because those jails aren’t equipped to handle that task, that responsibility of being the mental health provider in their community.” - Senior Attorney Sam A. Harton Learn more: Prisoners' Rights [https://www.rblaw.net/practices-prisoners-rights]   Image/Graphics/Sourcing: Total incarceration in the United States by year (1920–2014) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg] – November Coalition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Coalition] – Public Domain Aerial view of the Cook County Jail complex [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20050609_23_Cook_County_Jail_complex_(11245534363).jpg] – David Wilson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/] – CC BY 2.0 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20050609_23_Cook_County_Jail_complex_(11245534363).jpg#mw-jump-to-license] – caption added Menardcc (Menard Correctional Center) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Menardcc.jpg] – Katherine Baskin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Menardcc.jpg] – CC BY-SA 2.5 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/] – caption added “Federal Correctional Institution_Pekin_Illinois_Overhead View [https://www.flickr.com/photos/145202408@N05/33642895208]” – Prison Insight [https://www.flickr.com/photos/145202408@N05/] – CC BY 2.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en] – caption added Rise in jail deaths is especially troubling as jail populations become more rural and more female [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/06/23/jail_mortality/] – Graph [https://static.prisonpolicy.org/images/jail_suicide_00-18.webp] – Prison Policy Initiative [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/] Why jails and prisons can’t recruit their way out of the understaffing crisis [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12/09/understaffing/] – Graph [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/images/ft_corrections_workers.webp] – Prison Policy Initiative [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/]

Cases & Concepts: A conversation about the myths told to abuse survivors with former federal prosecutor Maura D. White

In the latest episode of Cases & Concepts, Romanucci & Blandin Senior Attorney Maura D. White discusses the myths that abuse survivors hear about what they can do after the abuse to seek justice. Maura was a federal prosecutor before she joined R&B and now works with abuse clients in the civil court system.

Cases & Concepts: A conversation about gun violence and prevention

In the latest episode of Cases & Concepts, Romanucci & Blandin Founding Partner Stephan D. Blandin talks with GPAC's Founder Tom Vanden Berk about gun violence, prevention efforts, the politics surrounding them and more as Gun Violence Awareness Month comes to a close.

Cases and Concepts: A conversation about amicus briefs and defending law firms

"We are standing for the rule of law." Founding Partners Antonio M. Romanucci and Stephan D. Blandin discuss why Romanucci & Blandin has signed onto multiple amicus briefs in support of law firms impacted by Executive Orders and what the importance is of the legal industry coming to the defense of firms under attack from the federal government.

Cases & Concepts: A conversation about mass shootings with Antonio M. Romanucci

In the second episode of our new podcast, Cases & Concepts, Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci talks about mass shootings, legislation trying to prevent future tragedies and how personal injury attorneys navigate these complex but incredibly important cases for their clients. *This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice*