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Does Public Health Start Within Jails? A New Incentive for Reform of Wisconsin\u27s Bail System
Get PDFWisconsin’s Milwaukee and Dane Counties are among many jurisdictions in the country employing modern bail reforms, specifically the Public Safety Assessment (PSA). Most of these jurisdictions adopted the PSA before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, but are increasingly relevant as the virus continues to derail public health measures. Through the intersection of detainees, correctional officers, judicial officials, attorneys, and visitors, millions of Americans filter in and out of correctional facilities on an annual basis. These facilities serve as a microcosm of society and breeding ground for mass infection. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified an existing need for reform of correctional facilities to better protect the rights and health of pretrial detainees. This Comment examines the efficacy of the PSA and other currently employed bail reform measures and concludes with how the State of Wisconsin can adopt stronger measures to effectively assess risk while maintaining the liberties of pretrial detainees
Your Liberty is Not a Right to Jeopardize My Health: How a State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Promotes Health Justice
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the vaccine debate into the national spotlight. Except this time, whether to be vaccinated or not has become widely politicized and the rapid spread of misinformation has led to a deadly game of those who refuse to be vaccinated not only allowing themselves to be susceptible to a deadly virus, but also putting others at risk. In addition to the misinformation and politicization of this issue, the question of constitutionality of such measures is back in the spotlight as potential state vaccine mandates appear to be on the horizon. This paper seeks to identify and make arguments about how state vaccine mandates promote the concept of health justice, are constitutional, and the enactment of such measures actually promote, and not inhibit, personal liberties and freedoms
Novel Food Ingredients: Food Safety Law, Animal Testing, and Consumer Perspectives
Get PDFIn recent years, some major food companies have publicly stated that they will no longer test their product ingredients on animals. Yet despite the availability of more reliably predictive non-animal toxicity tests, some companies continue testing novel food ingredients on animals. This Article uses the lens of a particular innovative plant-based food company’s decision to test a novel food ingredient on animals as a means of considering more generally whether any food producer has rational legal reasons for testing on animals. The Article explores FDA requirements, consumer food safety litigation, and judicial evaluation of animal test data, all of which align with lack of necessity to use animal testing to protect consumer safety. The Article presents reasons to change to more reliable non-animal tests, describes results of recent research on consumer perspectives, and identifies several avenues for reducing animal testing while improving food safety
