> The U.S. government collects detailed data on who’s dying in which jails around the country – but won’t let anyone see it.
I want to know more about this. That's my data, as I am that for which the government exists. So who dares to withhold it from me? Have newspapers tried FOIA requests for it? This is the first I've heard of this data being withheld. Withheld by who?
Edit: wow holy shit it's worse than I thought:
> The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has collected inmate mortality data for two decades – but statistics for individual jails are withheld from the public, government officials and oversight agencies under a 1984 law limiting the release of BJS data. Agency officials say that discretion is critical because it encourages sheriffs and police to report their deaths data each year.
They don't want to let people read the reports because they're afraid cops won't report their murders otherwise. Despicable. Now I have more reasons than ever to continue protesting.
I want to know more about this. That's my data, as I am that for which the government exists. So who dares to withhold it from me? Have newspapers tried FOIA requests for it? This is the first I've heard of this data being withheld. Withheld by who?
Edit: wow holy shit it's worse than I thought:
> The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has collected inmate mortality data for two decades – but statistics for individual jails are withheld from the public, government officials and oversight agencies under a 1984 law limiting the release of BJS data. Agency officials say that discretion is critical because it encourages sheriffs and police to report their deaths data each year.
They don't want to let people read the reports because they're afraid cops won't report their murders otherwise. Despicable. Now I have more reasons than ever to continue protesting.