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On March 11, 2025, CCE's Open Horizon Fellow Crystal Nieves Murphy testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia regarding practices and recommendations concerning how the MPD interacts with individuals with disabilities. 

On March 6, 2025, Magdalena Tsiongas, CCE's Policy Manager, testified before the Committee on Youth Affairs regarding issues surrounding detained youth awaiting placement at the Youth Services Center (YSC) and the continuity of healthcare for youth in custody. 

On February 27, 2025, Katie McConville, CCE's Policy Council, testified before D.C.'s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety to discuss CJCC's information sharing practices, meeting structures, and cross-agency collaboration facilitation efforts. 

On February 27, 2025, Tracy Velazquez, CCE's Policy Director, testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia to present findings from an audit of two Department of Corrections facilities.

On February 27, 2025, Katie McConville, CCE's Policy Council, testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety to recommend ways that CIC could provide even greater support to D.C.'s incarcerated people.

On February 21, 2025, Shelley Broderick, Chair of the District Task Force on Jails and Justice, testified at Public Hearing on DGS' current responsibilities to maintain buildings operated by D.C.'s Department of Corrections, before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia. 

On February 13, 2025, Tracy Velazquez, CCE's Policy Director, testified before the Committee on Youth Affairs regarding crossover youth.

CCE's 2022-2024 Strategic Plan, which was adopted by our Board of Directors in December 2021, calls on CCE to publish certain race equity metrics and set up a transparent progress to share progress annually to advance public accountability around our race equity goals. This report presents select updates on the progress made in 2024 (not inclusive of progress made in 2022 and 2023), identifies some important items that have been delayed in implementation because of staffing, capacity, or other challenges, and shares some demographic metrics we are tracking toward our overall diversity goals.

2023 IRS Form 990

2023 and 2022 Audited Financial Statements

On September 25, 2024, Tracy Velazquez, CCE's Policy Director, testified at Public Hearing on Bill 25-0826, the Recidivism Reduction, Oversight, and Accountability for DYRS Act of 2024 (ROAD Act), before the Council of the District of Columbia.

This September 2024 report provides up-to-date data to help tell the story of significant legal system trends in D.C., providing insights into such areas as policing and arrests, crime trends, incarceration, youth justice and prosecution. As in prior editions of our Overview reports, this edition covers all aspects of D.C.’s criminal legal system, but also focuses on data related to various provisions of the “Secure D.C.” legislation passed in early 2024.