Biden DOJ ‘public safety’ push shells out $57M for ‘racial equity,’ criminal 'justice system reforms’
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The Justice Department under President Biden announced on Wednesday that $57 million will be awarded in grant funding to support "justice system reforms and racial equity."
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"Equal justice is not a self-executing proposition — it takes work to make it real — and it will take a collective commitment from all of us at the federal, state and local levels to bring that ideal to life," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement. "These investments make good on a pledge by the Justice Department to promote public safety and realize the promise of a just society that recognizes the dignity and humanity of everyone."
The funding "will support efforts at the state, territory, local and Tribal levels to institute more effective and equitable criminal justice policies and practices," as well as "strategies to ensure the protection of defendants’ and incarcerated individuals’ constitutional rights and safety and efforts to address wrongful convictions." The grants are administered by the department’s Office of Justice Programs.
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