Friday, June 20, 2003, 10:30 a.m.
Commission Headquarters
624 9th Street, N.W.
Room 540
Washington, DC 20425
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will review the findings of the third volume of its report "Ten-Year Check-Up: Have Federal Agencies Responded to Civil Rights Recommendations?" at its business meeting this Friday, June 20.
The Ten-Year Check-Up report finds that the Environmental Protection Agency has made great strides in its civil rights enforcement since the Commission issued recommendations for federal agencies in 1996, while improvements are still needed at the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, and at the Small Business Administration.
Following the review of the report, the Commission will hold a briefing on international and U.S. incarceration rates. George Washington University Law Professor Paul Butler and Sentencing Project Assistant Director Marc Mauer will discuss differences in international incarceration rates and racial disparities in imprisonment rates in the U.S.
"The fact that the U.S. incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country while our criminal justice policies have a disproportionate impact on people of color is of grave concern to the Commission," Chairperson Mary Frances Berry declared.
For more information about the June 20 meeting, please contact Danielle Lewis at 202/833-9771.
06/18/03