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Bill Moyers Speaks Out on Justice. Watch the Video.
By TCR Staff | December 1, 2017
Moyers received TCR's annual "Justice Trailblazer" award at a John Jay College dinner Feb. 15. See the video of his remarks here.
Crime Trends

Murder Rates Dropping in 2018: A Preliminary Analysis
By TCR Staff | 1 hour ago
The NYU's Brennan Center calculates that murder rates in America's 29 largest cities will drop by 7.6 percent over the previous year; falling off to levels approximately equal to 2015 rates. Notably, the report projects a 35 percent decline in homicides in San Francisco, 23.2 percent in Chicago, and 20.9 percent in Baltimore.
Reforming the System

North Dakota Changes the Rules on Solitary
By Cheryl Corley/NPR | 1 hour ago
In a response to the growing consensus that the practice of solitary confinement is cruel and ineffective, North Dakota has reduced the number of infractions that sends prisoners into isolation—and has changed how inmates are treated if they are sent into “administrative segregation.” The reforms came after a visit by Leann Bertsch, the state's prison chief, to Norway.
Prisons

U.S. Prison Agency Wasted $1.7M in Construction, IG Says
By TCR Staff | 2 hours ago
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons spent more than $1.7 million to construct an entry building at the Danbury federal prison in Connecticut that was no longer necessary, the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Inspector General says. The watchdog unit said the spending was part of a $28 million contract to Sealaska Constructors LLC for construction at Danbury.
Supreme Court

How the FBI Might End the Kavanaugh Deadlock
By Crime and Justice News | 6 hours ago
"They could assign 100 agents to this and be done in two days,” Tom Fuentes, a former FBI assistant director, So far, the Senate Judiciary Committee won't ask for a new background check on the Supreme Court nominee, leaving it up to the White House.
U.S. Department of Justice

OJJDP Cuts Oversight of Minorities in Justice System
By Crime and Justice News | 6 hours ago
The U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is supposed to address "disproportionate minority contact" in the juvenile justice system. Caren Harp, the agency's head in the Trump Administration, says states have spent too much money on the issue without getting results.

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