NAACP Requests That DOJ Investigate Broward County Jails in Florida

The NAACP has made a formal request to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a series of deaths that have occurred in the jail system of Broward County, Florida. Twenty-one people, primarily people of color, have died in Broward County jails since 2019. In a letter sent directly to Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the DOJ, the NAACP states that an...

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