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2024 and 2023 Audited Financial Statements

2024 IRS Form 990

Fact sheet on the role of the District Attorney General, the office's structure and function, and how it compares to A.G.s in places in the U.S.

Testimony by CCE Policy Director Tracy Velazquez on the drivers of overcrowding at the Youth Services Center, D.C.'s youth detention facility

On October 16, 2025, CCE released a report entitled, "Committed Youth Awaiting Placement in the D.C. Youth Services Center," which focuses on the systemic delays that leave D.C. youth in extended confinement while awaiting appropriate placement by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS).The report is based on discussions with youth, the D.C. Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, and more than 10 agencies, and addresses the needs and concerns of youth who are assigned to the Youth Service Center (YSC) while awaiting a placement. The report uncovers how D.C.'s system regularly holds committed youth at YSC for weeks or months in what was designed as a short-term holding facility.

The D.C. Jail population has increased since the federal law enforcement surge began in August 2025, with the number of females in the jail increasing by over 25%.

On September 25, 2025, more than 270 organizations, businesses, and individuals joined CCE's sign-on letter urging the U.S. Senate to reject two bills that would strip both the independence of the D.C. Attorney General’s office and local input into D.C.’s judicial selection process.

In September 2025, CCE released a series of educational fact sheets focused on different aspects of D.C. criminal law, youth justice, courts, and legal systems that are receiving local and national attention. This is the fact sheet focused on the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act (IRAA) and Second Look Amendment Act (SLAA).

In September 2025, CCE released a series of educational fact sheets focused on different aspects of D.C. criminal law, youth justice, courts, and legal systems that are receiving local and national attention. This is the fact sheet focused on the D.C. Courts and the Judicial Nomination Commission (JNC).

In September 2025, CCE released a series of educational fact sheets focused on different aspects of D.C. criminal law, youth justice, courts, and legal systems that are receiving local and national attention. This is the fact sheet focused on D.C.'s Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA).

In September 2025, CCE released a series of educational fact sheets focused on different aspects of D.C. criminal law, youth justice, courts, and legal systems that are receiving local and national attention. This is the fact sheet focused on record sealing and expugngement.

In September 2025, CCE released a series of educational fact sheets focused on different aspects of D.C. criminal law, youth justice, courts, and legal systems that are receiving local and national attention. This is the fact sheet focused on charging youth as adults in D.C. ("Title 16").