D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) plans to announce Tuesday that she has selected Lindsey Appiah as the new deputy mayor for public safety and justice, according to administration officials.
Carjackings also continued to rise in 2022, and D.C. police said nearly 70 percent of the cases involved juvenile offenders.Appiah grew up in Massachusetts — her father was an immigrant from Ghana, her mother was raised in foster care and had been on her own since the age of 16, according to her biography provided by the city. She has a degree in community health from Brown University and a law degree from Georgetown University.
Appiah’s new portfolio includes overseeing the city’s human rights office, the medical examiner, the jail, homeland security and the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, which runs alternative justice programs including violence interrupters tasked with mediating disputes before they become violent.
although they both support alternative justice programs, they want that approach coupled with traditional policing and holding violent offenders to account. ConteeIn her interview, Appiah said city officials have to impose “appropriate accountability” on young offenders, although she acknowledged that that can mean different things to different people. She said the city juvenile justice system is designed to rehabilitate.
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