The permanent subcommittee on investigations will come to order. Today the subcommittee continues our bipartisan work investigating conditions in prisons, jails, and Detention Centers across the United States. I think the Ranking Member for his cooperation. In july we released findings of corruption, abuse and misconduct in the federal prison system and questioned the now former director of the federal bureau of prisons. Today after a 10 month bipartisan investigation we can reveal that despite a clear charge from congress to determine who is dying in prisons and jails across the country, where they are dying and why they are dying that abutment of justice is failing to do so. This failure undermines efforts to address the urgent humanitarian crisis ongoing behind bars across the country. Our investigation has revealed that last year alone, according to gao analysis the department of justice failed to identify at least 990 deaths in custody, nearly one thousand uncounted deaths and the
The subcommittee will come to order. Today the subcommittee continues our bipartisan work investigating prisons and jails across United States. In july, we found corruption and abuse in the Justice System and questioned former director of the bureau of prisons. Despite a clear charge from congress, to determine who is dying and jails across the country, where they are dying and why they are dying. The Department Justice is failing to do so. This failure undermines efforts to address the urgent humanitarian crisis on behind bars across the country. Our investigation has revealed that last year alone according to gao analysis our request that the department of justice failed to reveal nearly 1000 deaths across the country. The true number is likely much higher. We will hear today from those whose loved ones died preventively while in custody. In both cases, sons and brothers died while they were pretrial detainees having been convicted of no crime. We will hear their grief and anger. Gri
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us this afternoon at the reagan building. We are thrilled to be back. It has been an incredible and exciting morning of discussions today. Im especially excited about our next talk because it features two people i really admire. One is a professor of digital storytelling and interim provost of education at George Washington university. She is also a close friend an incredible supporter of cannabis advocacy and also an incredible advocate for the power of storytelling. The second person im excited to introduce today is gary chambers, who is running for senate in louisiana. I think if we can talk about the power of storytelling, that mr. Chambers experienced and what we are seeing with him as far as he has captured public attention is a testament to the power of storytelling. Without further ado, i would love to bring our next two speakers to the stage for what im certain will be an interesting discussion. [applause] hello. Good afternoon,
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us this afternoon at the reagan building. We are thrilled to be back. It has been an incredible and exciting morning of discussions today. Im especially excited about our next talk because it features two people i really admire. One is a professor of digital storytelling and interim provost of education at George Washington university. She is also a close friend an incredible supporter of cannabis advocacy and also an incredible advocate for the power of storytelling. The second person im excited to introduce today is gary chambers, who is running for senate in louisiana. I think if we can talk about the power of storytelling, that mr. Chambers experienced and what we are seeing with him as far as he has captured public attention is a testament to the power of storytelling. Without further ado, i would love to bring our next two speakers to the stage for what im certain will be an interesting discussion. [applause] hello. Good afternoon,
Investigations will come to order. Today, the subcommittee continues our bipartisan work investigating conditions in prisons, jails, and Detention Centers across the United States. I thank the Ranking Member for his cooperation. In july, we released the findings of corruption, abuse, and misconduct in the federal prison system, and questioned the now former director of the federal bureau of prisons. Today, after a ten month my partisan investigation, we can reveal that despite a clear charge from congress to determine who is dying in prisons and jails across the country, where they are dying, and why they are dying, and the department of justice is failing to do so. This failure undermines efforts to address the urgent humanitarian crisis ongoing behind bars across the country. Our investigation has revealed that last year alone, according to g. A. O. Announces i requested, the department of justice failed to identify at least 998 deaths in custody, nearly 1000 uncounted deaths. The tr