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[Deputy Mayor Lindsey Appiah @SafeDC]

Honored to participate in the Council for Court Excellence’s panel on emerging challenges for the District’s legal system.

With representation from all three branches of our government, it was a fascinating conversation on the administration of justice in DC.

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

@maustermuhle My 2008 Vera report showed residency restrictions don’t make communities safer and most victims knew their abuser. These facts haven’t changed since then. https://t.co/E3w8mgLVu2

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

@maustermuhle My Vera report from 2008 found residency restrictions don’t make communities safer. And most victims were known to the abuser. Nothing about these facts have changed since then https://t.co/E3w8mgLVu2

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

Federal Efforts to Reinstate Cash Bail in DC Disproportionately Harms Black Residents https://t.co/78aVdQe7IH

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

@maustermuhle The roaches have been an issue at the Central Cell Block, which is the DOC facility people go to when arrested and awaiting their first court hearing

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Interesting: Per the @CCE_for_DC, the population in the D.C. Jail's Central Detention Facility has gone up over the last week, which aligns with the increased arrests by federal enforcement officers deployed in the city.

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

Planning my adventure in Savannah - staying at Thunderbird Inn. For friends & family thinking of traveling... https://t.co/ySxbFHIiuJ @tbirdinn

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

Costs for D.C. policing and incarceration exceeded 💸 1 billion dollars for the first time in recent history. Want to know what’s filling this budget?

Read our report “Is D.C. More Secure? A Criminal Legal Systems Overview"—out now! https://t.co/nrT9Cuz4bO

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

The day has arrived: "Is D.C. More Secure? A Legal Systems Overview" is now available on our brand-new website! This data-driven report delves into D.C.'s criminal legal system, offering key baseline statistics to assess impacts of SECURE D.C. legislation https://t.co/nrT9Cuz4bO

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

🔊Have you or someone you know been a resident at D.C. Jail in the past year? We are looking to interview folks on conditions in the DC Jail, including the CDF and CTF.

If interested, please contact 443-296-2435 or [email protected]

[orion taylor @orionjtaylor]

can pretty much extrapolate everything you need to know about the legal framework and realities of carceral data availability from this ongoing situation with deaths-in-custody reporting ⬇️

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

“There hasn’t been much conversation around how do we, as adults, help improve their outcomes so that they don’t engage in crime and they don’t go deeper into the system.”

CCE's Tracy Velazquez talks about our newest report on DC's #crossoveryouth: https://t.co/3cWpmuVQJH

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

New article on the new jail funding debate by @jennygathright. We hope DC leaders will move quickly & collaboratively to replace crumbling, unsafe jail. It must be a community-led project & those whose lives are most impacted should be centered in planning.https://t.co/Ub2GjWQAt1

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

📢New report!
Check out our Crossover Youth Audit, out today, which provides recommendations for how the District government can better meet the needs of these vulnerable young people.
https://t.co/uBc6O7Xhum

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

Always glad when journalists say plainly what is plain to see. Thanks @michaelschaffer for giving DC some representation… in the media anyway

[POLITICO @politico]

Column: Congress blames D.C. for crime. But they’re making it worse, writes our senior editor @michaelschaffer. https://t.co/d8Gb6riGrE

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

CCE analysis of DC's NIBRS police data shows 365 reported incidents of theft between $500 and $999 in 2022.

More prison and jail time for stealing items like a phone is a very expensive approach shown not to work. (3/3)

[Jason Ziedenberg @Jziedenberg]

Please read the @DCJusticeLab's analysis of the Omnibus Crime Bill. If the Council of the District of Columbia enacts it as written, it will make DC less safe.

[Pew States @PewStates]

Probation is meant to be an alternative to incarceration.

However, many agencies lack resources to supervise those with mental health disorders—potentially increasing the chance this overrepresented population ends up in prison anyway.

States can help. https://t.co/EvLTNCaqMz

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

Both 12-17 year olds and 18-29 year olds were disproportionately impacted by violent crime in 2022

[Tracy_V @Tracy_V]

New @BJSgov victimization report: Young people saw largest rate ⬆️in violent victimization. https://t.co/pDVoYTAMli