This contains posts related to all parts of the District government including the DC Council, the Mayor’s office and related entities.
The newly formed DC Police Reform Commission (more) held a meeting on Monday, September 14, 2020 at which subcommittees were formed. The Commission also has a new website. Each committee will choose a lead and a co-lead and develop a schedule for the committee to meet on a regular basis. It was decided that because …
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The newly formed DC Police Reform Commission (more) held an emergency meeting on Friday, September 4, 2020 to receive a briefing from the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on the police shooting of Deon Kay in Southeast D.C. on September 2, 2020, and to discuss police shootings more generally. This followed a statement …
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Background The DC City Council recently passed emergency legislation that included reforms related to the DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and its operations. The new law is called the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-336). The Council intends to vote on a permanent replacement for this emergency …
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In her morning press conference today, Mayor Bowser announced that she had appointed Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr., Interim Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. Dr. Mitchell has been serving as DC’s Chief Medical Examiner. More recently he has served as the Co-Chair of the Reopen DC Committee. Former Deputy Mayor for Public Safety …
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In a letter to Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton dated July 5, 2020, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly endorsed, for the first time, the District taking over the parole function from the US Parole Commission (USPC). Mayor Bowser asked Rep. Norton to take action in Congress to extend the USPC’s authorization for two years after it …
The DC City Council has published a public hearing schedule for the upcoming budget and other business. A link to the PDF document with all the details is provided below.
The ReThink Justice DC Coalition has sent a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Councilmember Charles Allen and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton calling on them to “bring a sense of urgency to address the gaps left by the sudden closure of Hope Village.” The letter was signed by a number of local criminal justice reform …
Mayor Bowser announced the leadership of her ReOpen DC Advisory Group today. The Advisory Group is make up of 12 committee. Of interest to ReThink Justice is the Government Operations, Public Safety, and Criminal Justice.
Mayor Bowser, through authority granted by the “COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020” that was recently passed by the Council of the District of Columbia, will grant 75 days of additional good time credits to eligible residents in the DC Jail. Those eligible include residents who are currently in the DC Jail as a …
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DC City Councilman Charles Allen sent a letter on April 9, 2020 to Kevin Donahue, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Wayne Turnage, Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services to express “serious concerns about the safety and wellbeing of District residents exiting our criminal justice system.”
