criminal record sealing and expungement Arrest and conviction records are lifetime barriers to employment and housing. 3 Minute Read One in seven DC residents have criminal records, and they face hundreds of laws, policies and practices that can prevent them from getting a job, finding housing, pursuing...
food in the dc jails Unhealthy food makes every sentence a life sentence. 3 Minute Read Many investigations and public testimony have shown the food in the DC jails to be inedible, moldy, vermin-infested, stored at unsafe temperatures, and served in insufficient quantities. Seventy percent of people surveyed...
people in DC are under correctional control at any given time. 100 + Council for Court Excellence people have a publicly-available arrest or a conviction record. 0 + The Urban Institute Over 20,000 people from DC are incarcerated in prison or jail, are supervised on probation, parole, or supervised release, or under some...