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Civil rights of prisoners gaining attention
Jakkar Aimery
Capital News Service
LANSING Allegations of discrimination and civil rights violations against prisoners in the state is drawing increased attention, and organizations including the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the NAACP are making the issue a priority.
And on a national level, President Joe Biden has directed the U.S. Department of Justice to end its use of private prisons and pledged to advance racial equity.
Those actions have garnered the attention of individuals working to end the federal use of private prisons, as well as reducing racial, civil and human rights disparities in the criminal justice system more broadly as a result of rising racial tensions in the country.