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Media featuring the Washington Lawyers’ Committee staff and work.
Legislation Tightens Fare Evasion Enforcement
The Quality of Mercy – Gary Settle has helped dozens of federal prisoners get compassionate release. Will it ever be his turn to go home?
Congress Votes to Block D.C.’s Policing Bill, Despite Biden Veto Threat
‘Tool’ of the Proud Boys Convicted of Jan. 6 Police Assault, Rioting
‘Systemic Race Discrimination’ Plagues Metro Transit Police, Lawsuit Claims
The Real Costs of Curbing Fare Evasion
Jan. 6ers and Marjorie Taylor Greene Drive Attention to the D.C. Jail. Real Reform Remains Elusive.
The Bureau of Prisons Proposes to Raid Incarcerated People’s Bank Accounts
- The American Prospect
Protesters Fight to Sue the Government over Lafayette Square Attack
- The Washington Post
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
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Rep. John Lewis, U.S. Representative and Civil Rights Leader

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