2017 FOIA Request
FOIA Documents
Pending
Jurisdiction Type
City
Response
Untested Kits Discovered
32
Why did we send the FOIA?
In 2017, Joyful Heart issued public records requests to several law enforcement agencies in North Carolina for which no information was known about the number of untested kits in their custody.
What did we discover?
Jacksonville, NC did not respond to our FOIA request. However, In February 2018, the state crime laboratory reported finding 15,160 untested rape kits in law enforcement custody across North Carolina. Jacksonville Police Department reported 32 untested rape kits in this audit.
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Why Accountability?
Right now, we do not know the full extent of the national rape kit backlog because few states require law enforcement agencies to count, track, or test rape kits. The Accountability Project aims to bring greater transparency and accountability to rape kit testing practices across the country.