The U.S. Department of Justice just filed a motion for summary judgment opposing @USATODAY's efforts to obtain prison death data submitted by state governments under the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA), arguing that the public has no right to access this information. 🧵
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In the first place, DOJ argues that FOIA exists to "shed light on the operations of the federal government," therefore it has no applicability to information submitted by state and local governments. 🧵