.ossoff details probe into nearly 1,000 uncounted DOJ prison deaths in 2021
Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., spoke with Fox News Digital about his bipartisan probe into the over 1,000 uncounted prison deaths under the Department of Justice's watch in FY2021., a Democrat, detailed his recent probe into the nearly 1,000 uncounted prison deaths under the Department of Justice’s watch., spoke with Fox News Digital in the Senate halls last week on his bipartisan investigation into the undercounted DOJ deaths"in prisons across the country.
Ossoff said that"deaths in prisons and jails, many of which are preventable, can only be prevented if we know who is dying, where they are dying, and why they are dying." The Georgia senator told Fox News Digital that, over the course of the investigation into the nearly 1,000 prison deaths,"more than a third of them, they failed to document the circumstances of death."Ossoff said his committee hauled the DOJ into a bipartisan hearing last week"to explain their failure to count prisons and deaths in jails."
"We need to understand who’s dying, why they are dying, where they are dying, so that we can reduce deaths in custody across the country," he added. Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act , states that receive certain federal funds must disclose the deaths that occur in their jails and prisons.
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