
Federal-State-Local Cooperation in Animal Welfare Enforcement
"We feel safer if they are safe." This was a sentiment voiced during a recent roundtable discussion on Animal Welfare Enforcement that the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) and Office of Justice Programs hosted at the Justice Department. ![]()

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks in Orlando
The Attorney General announces funding from OJP's Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance to support Orlando victims and responders. ![]()

In 2015 alone, 61 coordinated ICAC task forces representing more than 3,500 federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies conducted more than 54,000 investigations that resulted in the arrest of more than 8,500 individuals. ![]()

Americans are conditioned to view victims and incarcerated people as two separate if not mutually exclusive categories. As two attorneys privileged to work on the front lines of criminal justice policy reform, each in fellowships designed to build bridges and elevate the voices of impacted communities, we understand the need to address these oversimplified notions. ![]()
08/10/16 Office of Justice Programs’ Office for Civil Rights Enters into Agreement with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department to Ensure Civil Rights Protections for Students
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08/08/16 Department of Justice expands services for crime victims
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07/26/16 SMART Office holds National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability
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07/26/16 BJS releases Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2016
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07/21/16 Department of Justice to release report on State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2013
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07/07/16 Adolescents acting alone committed more nonfatal violent victimizations than those acting with others between 2004 and 2013
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06/30/16 More than 1,300 suspected child sexual predators arrested during Operation Broken Heart
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06/30/16 BJS releases Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2013–14 Statistical Tables
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06/28/16 BJS releases two reports: PREA Data Collection Activities, 2016, and Facility-Level and Individual-Level Correlates of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities, 2012
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06/24/16 Cities join Justice Department for National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence
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06/21/16 43 percent of offenders placed on federal community supervison in 2005 were arrested within five years.
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Lou Ann Holland, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Program Manager
She uses her background in law and public administration to award and monitor funding to support programs that protect children from abduction, abuse and internet crimes.


