Arlington, Virginia – “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”) has been made aware of egregious civil rights violations in the Arlington County Detention Facility," stated Janette McCarthy Wallace, General Counsel of the NAACP. Today, via written letter, the National General Counsel for the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization formally
Arlington law enforcement officials are launching a program to help people with addictions get help without jail time. "Operation Safe Station" allows the Office of the Magistrate to waive charges on people with an addiction who turn themselves and their drugs in, and ask for help. "Forgoing a prosecution and connecting individuals to treatment professionals
Of the eight people who have died in the Arlington County jail in eight years, five appear to have been homeless, according to court records. Most recently, Abonesh Woldegeorges, a 73-year-old Black woman with no fixed address, died in the detention center on Sunday morning. She was found at Dulles International Airport four times between
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