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Department of Justice-National PREA Standards Alignment With Executive Order, 2025

Publication • December 2, 2025

Filed under: Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender), Prisoners' Rights

Department of Justice-National PREA Standards Alignment With Executive Order, 2025 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Washington , D.C. 20531 MEMORANDUM TO: All DOJ-certified PREA Auditors FROM: Tammie M. Gregg Principal Deputy Director Bureau of Justice Assistance SUBJECT: National PREA Standards Alignment with Executive …

D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring

Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025

Filed under: Internet, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Social Media

D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) in Washington, D.C., has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to monitor social media activity, targeting protesters and others not suspected of crimes, according to public records obtained through …

D.C. Circuit Holds Compelling Suspect to Unlock Cellphone With Thumbprint Is ‘Testimonial’ Act and Violates Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination

Article • February 15, 2025 • from CLN March, 2025

Filed under: Fifth Amendment, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Non-Testimonial, Testimonial Statements, Self-Incrimination Clause

D.C. Circuit Holds Compelling Suspect to Unlock Cellphone With Thumbprint Is ‘Testimonial’ Act and Violates Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that a defendant being compelled to provide a thumbprint constitutes a testimonial act …

News in Brief

Article • February 1, 2025 • from CLN February, 2025

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: Phoenix resident Penny McCarthy, 66, endured a terrifying ordeal after United States Marshals arrested her at gunpoint in her home, mistaking her for a fugitive, according to KNXV. Body camera footage shows officers refusing to confirm her identity despite McCarthy repeatedly asking them. “I truly …

Prosecutors Receive Absurdly Lenient Sentence of Probation for Brady Violation That Resulted in an Innocent Man Spending More Than Four Years in Prison

Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Discipline, Brady Rule violations, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

Prosecutors Receive Absurdly Lenient Sentence of Probation for Brady Violation That Resulted in an Innocent Man Spending More Than Four Years in Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The District of Columbia Court of Appeals gave prosecutors Mary Chris Dobbie and Reagan Taylor an absurdly lenient sentence of one …

FBI Lost Count of Its Snitches at Capitol on January 6, 2021

Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024

Filed under: Informants, FBI

FBI Lost Count of Its Snitches at Capitol on January 6, 2021 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) had so many snitches at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, that the agency lost track of the number. Steven D’Antouno, formerly in charge of the …

Geofencing January 6th

Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023

Filed under: Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI")

Geofencing January 6th by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The breaching of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, shocked many Americans. Government filings uncovered since then suggest that even as the unrest raged, law enforcement had begun filing geofence warrants. We now understand that 1,535 names associated with phones …

D.C. Circuit Orders New Trial Due to Brady Violations Involving Source of Information, Not Withholding of Information Itself

Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023

Filed under: Brady Violations, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence

D.C. Circuit Orders New Trial Due to Brady Violations Involving Source of Information, Not Withholding of Information Itself by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the prosecution violated its Brady disclosure obligations by withholding multiple law enforcement reports from the …

HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Memorandum and Opinion, Public Records, 2023

Filing • September 27, 2023

Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act

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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Order Granting Plaintiff's MSJ, Public Records, 2023

Filing • September 27, 2023

Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act

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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Order Granting Plaintiff's MSJ, Public Records, 2023

Brief • September 27, 2023

Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act

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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Memorandum and Opinion, Public Records, 2023

Brief • September 27, 2023

Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act

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Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Settlement, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2023

Brief • September 25, 2023

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act

Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Settlement, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2023 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 191-1 Filed 09/25/23 Page 1 of 69 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., ISRAEL F., AND MALIK Z. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, …

Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Conditions of Confinement, 2023

Brief • July 6, 2023

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephone Access, Detention - Generally

Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-03118-CKK Document 103 Filed 07/06/23 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICANS JUSTICE, et al., FOR IMMIGRANT Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 22-3118 (CKK) v. U.S. …

Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Order Granting and Denying Motion to Sever and Transfer Venue, Conditions of Confinement, 2023

Brief • July 6, 2023

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephone Access, Detention - Generally

Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Order Granting and Denying Motion to Sever and Transfer Venue, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-03118-CKK Document 102 Filed 07/06/23 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE, et al., …

Former Supervisor of D.C. Metro PD Intelligence Indicted for Tipping off Leader of Proud Boys About Impending Arrest

Article • June 23, 2023

Filed under: Gang Policies, Police/Govt Misconduct, Gang Membership

Former Supervisor of D.C. Metro PD Intelligence Indicted for Tipping off Leader of Proud Boys About Impending Arrest by The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Columbia announced on May 19, 2023, that a former Metropolitan PD officer was indicted for allegedly tipping off a leader of the …

News in Brief

Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by California: A former police officer with the LAPD, Paul Razo, 46, was arrested in early May 2023, accused of sexually assaulting at least four minor boys over the course of more than a decade. Weeks after his arrest, Razo died of medical complications while in custody. …

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: It was announced by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2023, that a police officer in Madison was arrested, accused of sexual misconduct. AL.com and WHNT in northern Alabama reported that the officer, Kevin Walter, 35, was arrested on Feb. …

The District of Colombia: Inside the Most Expansive Surveillance Network in America

Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023

Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance

The District of Colombia: Inside the Most Expansive Surveillance Network in America by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Washington D.C. is not simply home to our nation’s capital or the seat of some of its most powerful institutions. What many people don’t realize is that the metropolitan area contains …

FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023

Publication • February 8, 2023

Filed under: Money/Property, Telephone Rates

FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023 February 8, 2023 Via regulations.gov Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex B) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Unfair or Deceptive Fees ANPR, R207011 The undersigned civil rights, consumer rights, faith-based, criminal justice, and reentry organizations respectfully …