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"The premise of the rule is that all of this mapped data will make hidden barriers visible—and that once communities see them, they will be much harder to ignore."

The Obama administration issues a new rule—and a mapping tool—that are designed to help communities address segregation.
theatlantic.com

For 30 years, there was a ban on newspapers at Cook County Jail. The concern was that they could be fashioned into weapons. A federal judge in Chicago ruled that the ban violates the First Amendment.

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that a ban against inmates reading newspapers at one of the nation’s largest jails violates First Amendment protections. Judge Matthew Kennelly’s written opinion says Cook County Jail has some legitimate concerns, including that inmates could roll newsp…
chicago.suntimes.com

Working defendants unable to make bail-->Go to jail and await trail-->Lose job.

Reform hopes to reduce this sequence.

New York City is beginning a program aimed at keeping defendants who are deemed to be a low risk out of the Rikers Island jail complex, placing them under court supervision as they await trial.
nytimes.com|By RICK ROJAS

Have they visited your state? If you live in Iowa, it's a resounding YES.

The early-voting and big-money states got the most attention, but every state (except for 3) received a visit from a presidential hopeful during the first half of 2015.
nationaljournal.com

He says the death penalty is primarily and rightly about revenge.

Dale Cox, the acting district attorney in Caddo Parish, La., has secured more than a third of Louisiana’s death sentences over the past five years.
nytimes.com|By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
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