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TIL that Chicago PD operated an off-the-books interrogation warehouse until 2015, wherein >99% of cases lawyers were shut out and detainees were denied access to phones. The precinct refuses to release reports between 1995-2004, as dealing with the physical copies would be "too burdensome"

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