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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 October 19, 2022October 6, 2022

The new FBI crime report casts further doubts on national crime statistics

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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Posted on October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

New D.C. Jails Reporting Hotline

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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Posted on October 11, 2022October 6, 2022

ARTICLE: D.C.’s Prison Oversight Efforts Have Become a ‘Total Sham.’

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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Posted on October 7, 2022October 6, 2022

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Suspended for Alleged Assault

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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Posted on October 6, 2022

Can Colette Peters reform the BOP?

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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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 September 13, 2022September 2, 2022

Sentencing Project releases new private prisons fact sheet

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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Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Senate appropriations bill includes funds for US Parole Commission in 2023

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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  • 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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