

That is especially true in light of the conditions there, making social distancing impossible and the spread of the virus likely."

Cummins cannot provide self-care and protect himself from Covid-19 while in custody. This puts him at higher risk for serious complications from Covid-19. Cummins still suffers from these serious medical conditions, namely high blood pressure. "Courts have recognized the importance of removing at-risk inmates from the BOP population, even where there are no confirmed Covid-19 cases yet," a supplemental response motion filed in mid-August reads. In July, Cummins filed a motion in federal court asking Judge Aleta Trauger for compassion release due to COVID-19. He is currently being held in Talladega, Alabama. "For my safety, and for other children’s safety, Tad Cummins should not be allowed to return to the general population," the victim wrote in a statement included in Wednesday’s filing in federal court. They were found at a commune in Northern California in March 2017. He became the subject of a nationwide manhunt for more than a month after he took a then-15-year-old student across the country. Tad Cummins is serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in April 2019 to charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual conduct and obstruction of justice. A female student of a former Maury County teacher sentenced to prison for her 2017 kidnapping responded to his request for home confinement this week saying he should not be released early because she fears for her safety and that of others.
