Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018
Civil rights groups are asking DOJ to turn over documents on its efforts to expose and force changes at troubled police departments; those efforts have been significantly curtailed since Jeff Sessions took over as attorney general (WaPo).
The Justice Department is heightening efforts to increase the use of capital punishment (WSJ).
The White House conducted a “listening session” with criminal justice reform advocates focused on prisoner reentry (CNN, Axios).
- Attendees included the Koch Industries’ attorney and Republican governors (The Hill).