by gslwpadm | Jul 11, 2024 | In the News
By WSBTV.com News StaffWSB-TVATLANTA — Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and a bipartisan group of Senators and members of the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing to strengthen federal oversight of U.S. prisons.The Federal Prison Oversight Act, sponsored by Ossoff in the...
by gslwpadm | Jul 10, 2024 | Civil Rights, Press Releases
Washington, DC — The Federal Prison Oversight Act is one step closer to becoming law. The U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to H.R. 3019, legislation to establish new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Representatives Lucy...
by gslwpadm | Jul 10, 2024 | In the News
By Michael R. Sisak and Michael BalsamoAssociated PressThe Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed...
by gslwpadm | Jul 8, 2024 | In the News
The FulcrumBy Bradford FitchRep. Lucy McBath is the first lawmaker from Georgia to win a Democracy Award. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe Congressional Management Foundation today announced the winners of the seventh annual...
by gslwpadm | Jul 4, 2024 | In the News
Gwinnett Daily PostWelcome to Around Town, a periodic report on bits and pieces, odds and ends, and opinions, anecdotes and inquiries in, around and about Gwinnett County. The column is compiled by GDP newsroom staff, but if you have an idea for an Around Town item,...
