Georgia Prison Crisis Worsens Amid Federal Investigations
More than six years into DOJ probes, the conditions inside Georgia prisons have only further deteriorated.
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More than six years into DOJ probes, the conditions inside Georgia prisons have only further deteriorated.
New “domestic terror” laws will do little to stop gun violence in America, but may pacify suburban white voters.
Our team at the University of North Carolina analyzed death-in-custody reporting policies at every state and federal carceral entity. Data collection is a mess—and many states don’t follow the law at all.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has suffered from years of poor funding and political interference by the Trump administration. Fixing it could be one of the most important tasks on Biden’s criminal justice reform agenda.
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The Department of Justice is leaving researchers, policymakers, and advocates in the dark about deaths in police custody, prisons, and jails.
Experts are urging large-scale releases. But the Department of Justice often operates contrary to expertise.
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