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One key element of the plan would strengthen protocols directing eligible arrestees to Fulton County's diversion center rather than the jail.
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CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
While studying criminology at Western Kentucky University, Hall worked for the Kentucky court system, travelling to small-town jails to determine if arrestees should be granted pretrial release.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Noem alleged the three arrestees helped organize the protest and said the trio is being charged with conspiracy to deprive rights in connection with the demonstration at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
While studying criminology at Western Kentucky University, Hall worked for the Kentucky court system, travelling to small-town jails to determine if arrestees should be granted pretrial release.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Noem alleged the three arrestees helped organize the protest and said the trio is being charged with conspiracy to deprive rights in connection with the demonstration at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrestee. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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arrestee
noun
ar·res·tee
ə-ˌres-ˈtē 
: a person who is or was under arrest
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