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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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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Over the last several months the media narrative has been that crime rates are soaring, both locally and nationally. What’s let’s discussed is the data behind and supporting such statistics–or …
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Local advocacy group DC Justice Lab has launched a telephone hotline for reporting conditions at the Jail. Their stated purpose for the hotline is “to give people currently experiencing those conditions …
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The Washington City Paper recently published an article regarding oversight of D.C. residents housed in the federal Bureau of Prison’s system. The article, titled D.C.’s Prison Oversight Efforts Have Become …
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As reported by numerous media outlets, D.C. deputy mayor for public safety and justice, Chris Geldart, has been suspended from duty pending an investigation into an assault charge in Arlington …
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The Director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is important to D.C. as incarcerated D.C. citizens are housed in over 100 federal prison’s around the U.S. A new BOP …
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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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The Sentencing Project has compiled information on the state of private prison’s in the U.S. derived from data collected by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. According …
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The bill is S.4664, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. It was introduced in July. This is one of the appropriations bills that will be passed …
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