What does CRIPA allow?

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CRIPA, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, empowers the Attorney General to investigate conditions of confinement at state and local government institutions, including prisons, jails, pretrial detention centers, juvenile correctional facilities, publicly operated nursing homes, and institutions for people with psychiatric or developmental disabilities. It does not directly allow prisoners to sue, grant media access, or specifically authorize the Department of Justice to investigate criminal justice agencies outside the context of the conditions of institutionalized persons.

What Does CRIPA Allow