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Deaths in custody are a crisis, and data on them is a black hole, a new report says

A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York in July 2020. A new report highlights how poorly the federal government is tracking reports of deaths in law enforcement custody in the U.S. (AP)
A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York in July 2020. A new report highlights how poorly the federal government is tracking reports of deaths in law enforcement custody in the U.S. (AP)

This article was originally published on February 23, 2023.

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