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[9/17/19] – Lawmakers in California Pass Bill Banning Private Prisons and ICE Detention Centers

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on September 17, 2019

The California State Assembly, in a 65-11 vote, passed Assembly Bill 32 on Wednesday, September…

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[5/7/22] – Attorney General Merrick Garland Announces the Opening of the DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on May 9, 2022

On Thursday, May 5th, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice…

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[5/3/22] – U.S. Department of Justice Finds Evidence of 8th and 14th Amendment Violations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on May 4, 2022

A two-year federal investigation that was spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently…

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[4/20/22] – U.S. Bureau of Prisons Ordered by Federal Judge to Find a Surgeon for a Transgender Inmate’s Gender-Affirming Surgery

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on April 21, 2022

On Monday, April 18th, 2022, a federal judge in Illinois ruled that the U.S. Bureau…

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[4/12/22] – President Biden and the Department of Justice Announce New Restrictions on “Ghost Guns”

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

On Monday, April 11th, 2022, President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice announced the…

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[4/6/22] – The U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana at the Federal Level, Bill Heads to the U.S. Senate

by SAGE Lecture Spark
Posted on April 7, 2022

On Friday, April 1st, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would end…

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