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As Longtime Del. Norton Retires, the Fight for D.C.’s Scattered Continues

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has been a champion of D.C. statehood and advocate of D.C. residents, but there is still much work to be done to ensure that incarcerated D.C. residents are placed in federal facilities in close proximity to the District, as evidenced by the death of David Blakeney, who died in a Pennsylvania prison due to neglect.

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