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Chicago. they have increased -- look at -- want to put these numbers up. homicide rates in these cities have increased, from the same point last year and even the year before. there they are, before you. and you mentioned bail reform and you mention some other things. and last time you were on, you said that -- that -- that cities were moving too quickly with some of these reforms. and they were, actually, hurting. what can you attribute these -- this rise in homicide rates to, commissioner? >> a number of things. and we're still not certain, in terms of some of the things that may have caused...

Crime. the jails, offetentimes, peoplen there for a minor crime. but state prisons. you don't go to state prison easily. you go for major, violent crime. so, as we emptied out the state prisons, new york city. new york state is a prime example. we had no resources to deal with those people, as they were released. usually, to deal with the overcrowding and to, basically, try to deal with the covid crises. but they come out into the streets with no place to go, no-support services, no supervision. and at the same time, our courts shut down. that you make an arrest, you might get an arraignment. ...

Margaret TaylorThursday 3 June 2021 In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and the George Floyd murder trial, serious questions are being asked about how to deal with deep-seated racial disparities throughout society, including the justice system and the legal profession. No sector of society has been left untouched by the global reckoning that followed the racially motivated killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May. As the Black Lives Matter movement mobilised to call out discrimination in all its forms the legal profession was forced to address its ow...

Loyola Law has released a report on the data involving inmate deaths in the state of Louisiana.

Apr. 17—New Hampshire's county jails are rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations to inmates, after a year in which numerous outbreaks have struck correctional facilities here and across the U.S. Doug Iosue, the superintendent of the Cheshire County jail in Keene, said the facility administered its first 10 doses to inmates Thursday. "It's sort of a ray of hope," he said. "... I hope this will only ...