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Thursday, April 10, 2008 - Posts

D.C. reporter fights 10 months to get jail suicide records; exposes problems

Brendan Smith fought for 10 months to get records regarding suicides in the Washington, D.C., jails, and when he finally got them he found widespread problems. His story is published in the Washington (DC) City Paper. What was interesting was once he