The Department of Justice Can Do More to Help Improve Conditions at State and Local Correctional Facilities

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The Department of Justice Can Do More to Help Improve Conditions at State and Local Correctional Facilities

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• U.S. General Accounting Office (Washington, DC)
• Comptroller General of the U.S. (Washington, DC)

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Published 1980. 52 pages.

Related Topics

• Conditions of confinement (Offender Management)
• Health services (Offender Services)
• Jails (Offender Management)
• Legal issues (Justice System)
• Prisons (Offender Management)

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