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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Brown had to spend three weeks in jail waiting for his court appearance? It leads to the denial of bail or harsher plea proffers.”.

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Reform Prosecutors Claim Success in Reducing Incarceration

The Crime Report

I would like to divert more people away from the court to a more restorative and supportive system, that could also meet the needs of the person harmed, but few of these [systems] exist,” said one. Among the “case studies” highlighted was the record of Satana DeBerry , the District Attorney for Durham County in North Carolina.

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