| Improving Safety and Communication
for Indian Country
Improving safety in Indian country is a high priority of the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). As such, a new DOJ resource
guide will list safety-related resources directed toward Indian
tribes, tribal communities, and native villages. The Community
Capacity Development Office is coordinating the effort to gather
information for this guide from interested tribal communities.
Improving Detention Facilities in Indian Country
For many years, Indian country detention facilities funded and
operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have been understaffed,
overcrowded, and underfunded. In 2003, the Office of the Inspector
General requested an assessment of BIA's detention facility
program to examine law enforcement and security programs and
to determine if Indian country detention facilities were safe
and secure.
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