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Media featuring the Washington Lawyers’ Committee staff and work.
Republicans Demand Access To D.C. Jail To Visit Jan. 6 Detainees And Review Conditions
- DCist
Yale Alumna Testifies about “Inhumane” Conditions of D.C. Central Cell Block
- Yale Daily News
D.C. Police Officers Convicted in Karon Hylton-Brown’s Death Ask Judge to Throw Out Jury’s Verdict, Grant a New Trial
- Washington City Paper
One of the Deadliest Federal Prison Units Is Closing
- NPR
After Several Deaths, Feds to Close Violent Prison Unit in Illinois
- The Marshall Project
What Are Some Common Problems With Rural Jails In America?
- Rebellion Research
Colie Levar Long: Listen to a Former Prisoner — Longer Sentences Don’t Work
- The DC Line
“DC Street Vendors Win Support of Chairman Mendelson after Years of Organizing”
- PoPville
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs: Securing Employment Justice
- DC Bar Foundation
California Attorney General Clears LAPD Officer in Shooting Using Controversial ‘Expert’
- Los Angeles Times
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