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This contains posts related to all parts of the District government including the DC Council, the Mayor’s office and related entities.

Posted on July 4, 2023

Report Card on District Task Force on Jails & Justice Progress

In June 2023, the Council for Court Excellence published a Report Card on the District Task Force on Jails & Justice recommendations (link) examining its implementation of the Report’s Phase …

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Posted on October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

Washington Post Calls Out D.C. for bungling taking over local control of parole

The Post article, titled D.C. stumbles leave fate of local control of parole with new Congress, chronicles the failure of District leaders to take advantage of a window of opportunity …

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Posted on September 20, 2022

Rep. Norton’s Bill Expanding D.C. Home Rule Approved by House Judiciary Commitee

In a press release issued by her office, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act (H.R. 8861), “the biggest expansion of D.C. home …

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Posted on August 10, 2022August 2, 2022

Training Academy For Violence Interrupters Launches In D.C.

Violence interruption is a community-based approach to reducing communal and interpersonal violence that treats violence as a public health problem. This type of model was reportedly created by the organization …

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Posted on August 3, 2022August 2, 2022

Parole Reform Setback, University Legal Services report

This is a piece from University Legal Services’ Jail and Prison Advocacy Project  recent newsletter.  It was authored by Cami Bianchi, one of their summer interns and is published here …

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Posted on February 21, 2022May 26, 2022

Federal Court Cites DC Failure to Provide Special Education to Students at the DC Jail

The US District Court for the District of Columbia entered an Order holding the District is in contempt of the Court’s preliminary injunction issued on June 16, 2021 because DC …

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Posted on December 4, 2021

A Solution for Replacing the DC Jail?

Shelley Broderick, chair of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice (more), published an opinion piece in the Washington Post, titled Opinion: We have a plan to close the …

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Posted on November 4, 2021November 8, 2021

D.C. Council Tackles Sweeping Rewrite of Criminal Code

As reported in the DCIST:  The DC Council has begun a process to evaluate a sweeping rewrite of the city’s criminal code, a deep-in-the-weeds and yet potentially consequential effort to …

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Posted on April 6, 2021

ReThink Justice Meeting Features Briefing on new Police Reform Commission Report

The April 2021 ReThink Justice monthly meeting featured a presentation on the recently publish final report of the DC Police Reform Commission. The report included a comprehensive set of police …

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Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Community Leaders Send Letter to Councilmember Gray Questioning his attack on The Horizon homeless center

I a letter send to Councilmember Vincent Gray, a diverse group of over 20 community leaders, faith leaders and citizens calling on him to abandon his attacks on The Horizon, …

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Recent Posts (All Categories)

  • Report Card on District Task Force on Jails & Justice Progress July 4, 2023
  • Washington Post Calls Out D.C. for bungling taking over local control of parole October 27, 2022
  • The new FBI crime report casts further doubts on national crime statistics October 19, 2022
  • New D.C. Jails Reporting Hotline October 17, 2022
  • ARTICLE: D.C.’s Prison Oversight Efforts Have Become a ‘Total Sham.’ October 11, 2022

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