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DC Jail

Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

August 26, 2015October 15, 2015 Courtney Belme and James Ridgeway
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Much has been written of late about the emergence of a bipartisan consensus on the need for criminal justice reform, encompassing both the White House and Congress. If this is true, the President and members of Congress would do well to start their reform efforts close to home, at the District of Columbia jail. The […]