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An illustration shows 4 boxes, containing: 1)three people at a shooting range, 2) an armored police vehicle, 3) a surveillance camera, and 4) a police officer wearing a vest.
Cleveland November 15, 2022
In Greater Cleveland, Federal COVID Relief for Criminal Justice Goes Mostly to Pay Police
So far, a fraction of ARPA spending is on long-term violence prevention.
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A Black man with short hair in a gray suit stands at a podium during a press conference.
Cleveland September 12, 2022
Federal Oversight of Police Has Cost Cleveland Millions. What’s Changed?
Consent decrees force cities to change abusive police tactics. But Cleveland still has work to do.
By and
An illustration shows 6 boxes, containing: 1) hands holding a taser, 2) an armored police vehicle, 3) a surveillance camera, 4) three people at a shooting range, 5) the exterior of a prison, and 6) a police officer wearing a vest.
Analysis September 7, 2022
Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief
President Biden’s signature American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent much of it on police, prisons and the courts.
By , and Susie Cagle
A guard drives past the entrance of the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island in California.
News January 7, 2019
What the Government Shutdown Looks Like Inside Federal Prisons
Family visits canceled, guards driving for Uber, rising tensions and more.
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Examples of night-vision goggles and a simulated M-16A2 rifle obtained from the Department of Defense by the Government Accountability Office through a fictitious law enforcement agency.
News July 21, 2017
How Fake Cops Got $1.2 Million in Real Weapons
A federal sting reveals lax oversight in the Defense Department’s gear giveaway program.
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A police officer in Washington, D.C. days before the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.
Analysis January 19, 2017
Trump Budget Draft Targets Cops, Crime Victims
Also civil rights enforcement and legal aid for the poor.
By The Marshall Project
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