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"Tossing people into prison is throwing them away. They’re no longer real human
beings. They’re just items being processed, moved through the system at
whatever pace the system feels is appropriate. And once you’ve begun
dehumanizing the people in your care, you can easily stop caring about them.
A recent report [PDF] by the Government Accountability Office covering DOJ
in-custody death data collection processes highlights just how little anyone
cares what happens to people jails and prisons claim to be rehabilitating. The
title of the report sounds innocuous enough:
Additional Action Needed to Help
Ensure Data Collected by DOJ Are Utilized. But the details are horrific.
The Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) was passed in 2013 and went into
force the following year. But seven years down the road, the law has apparently
changed very little about this reporting process. Nor has it acted as a
deterrent against non-reporting or under-reporting deaths. The criminal justice
system hums along, discarding human lives and replacing them with incomplete or
missing data.
The DOJ is tasked with collecting this data and assuring compliance from state
and local entities. It has not done so, despite having had several years to put
this in motion."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
