Senate Passes Death in Custody Reporting Act

113th Congress (2013-2014): Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

Summary of H.R.1447 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-Va.) today applauded last night's Senate ...

Death in Custody Reporting Act - Bureau of Justice Assistance

The law enforcement or correctional agency that detained, arrested, or was in the process of arresting the deceased. •. A brief description of the circumstances ...

Victory for Transparency in Criminal Justice as Senate Passes ...

Rachel Laser: "This bill will begin to help address some of the concerns about fairness and equality of law enforcement that many minority communities hold ...

106th Congress (1999-2000): Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000

Summary of H.R.1800 - 106th Congress (1999-2000): Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000.

Archived | Death in Custody Reporting Act Factsheet

These death-in- custody data were originally captured by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (BJS) Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI). DCRA was ...

New Report Highlights the Urgent Need to Implement the Death in ...

... custody deaths. More than eight years ago, Congress passed the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA), which empowers the Department of ...

Death in Custody Reporting Act - DCRA

In December 2014, Congress enacted the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA). DCRA requires states and federal law enforcement agencies to report to ...

Senators Request Full Implementation, Enforcement of the Death In ...

joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a group of their colleagues to write to Attorney General William Barr calling for the immediate, ...

A Matter of Life and Death: The Importance of the Death in Custody…

DCRA requires every state and territory, and each federal law enforcement agency, to collect data on deaths that occur while someone is being detained or ...

Public Law 113 - 242 - Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

An act to encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies.

Sen. Ossoff Launches Inquiry into Causes of Deaths in Federal ...

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into deaths that occur in Federal custody. This week, Sen. Ossoff, Chairman ...

Deaths in Custody: Additional Action Needed to Help Ensure Data ...

Individuals in prisons are at higher risk of dying by suicide and homicide. The Death in Custody Reporting Act requires states receiving ...

Death in Custody Reporting Act: Background and Legislative ...

There are no comprehensive statistics on how many people die in the custody of law enforcement and correctional agencies, and the ...

Groups Chronicle Failures of Reporting Deaths in Custody

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund (The Education Fund) and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) released a new report, ...

Review of the Department of Justice's Implementation of the Death ...

DCRA requires state and federal law enforcement agencies to report to the Attorney. General information regarding the death of any person who is ...

Senators Spank DOJ for Failure to Implement Death-in-Custody ...

First passed in 2000 and reauthorized in 2014, the law requires states that accept certain federal funds to report deaths in prisons, jails and ...

The Importance of the Death in Custody Reporting Act

Far too many of these deaths are caused by excessive violence from law enforcement, including dangerous and unnecessary use of force by police and the abuse and ...

Senate Investigation Finds DOJ Undercounted Prison and Jail ...

States are required to report deaths in prisons and jails to the Justice Department, but a Senate probe found the tally last year missed ...

DOJ Must Be Transparent With Its Death-In-Custody Data - Law360

In two lawsuits, the Justice Department is fighting news organizations' efforts to disclose the data it collects about deaths in custody — a ...