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Empower your advocacy, research and decision making with a weekly report covering the most innovative frontline solutions to injustices in the American…

Dec 24, 2023 • LJ Dawson

November 2023

D.C. jail food is so rotten or processed that inmates throw two-thirds of it away, according to a new survey

According to a release of a DC Greens study on food insecurity in D.C. jails, study found that a vast majority of respondents reported being served…

Nov 14, 2023

September 2023

New report finds the U.S. prison population grew in 2022 after almost a decade of decline

New data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows the number of people sentenced to more than one year in prison increased in 35 states and rose 2…

Sep 25, 2023

D.C. substance abuse expert provides awareness to end stigma over the opioid crisis by demonstrating the use of Narcan and reconstruction…

Baltimore State Attorney published a 'Do Not Call' list of police officers in order to protect the integrity of the department; D.C.'s NEAR Act has…

Sep 25, 2023

August 2023

A new investigation reveals gun seizures under Bowser's police department broke the law

A sit down with Washington City Paper editor, Mitch Ryals, on the recent investigation that revealed 19 MPD officers are under criminal investigation…

Aug 25, 2023 • LJ Dawson

November 2022

justice from the frontlines: Nov. 7, 2022

new D.C. criminal code passes first vote The D.C. Council unanimously voted to rewrite the city’s criminal code, but it must pass a second vote in two…

Nov 7, 2022

October 2022

justice from the frontlines: Oct. 31, 2022

Doctor charged with prison manslaughter; New Bureau of Prisons Chief promises change; Manhattan DA prosecutes domestic violence victim he ran on…

Oct 31, 2022

Justice from the frontlines: Oct. 24, 2022

imprisoned pregnant women may get more protection from bill; death row man killed despite mental health concerns; police to use robots armed with…

Oct 24, 2022

justice on the frontlines Oct. 10

Biden cannabis pardons free no one in Feds for Cannabis crime; FBI reports inaccurate crime statistics; NYPD illegally sends innocent people to Rikers

Oct 10, 2022

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