ALERT: US Marshals report they’ve conducted unannounced inspection of DC jail Central Treatment Facility, the complex where Jan 6 inmates are held. Inspection “did not identify conditions that would necessitate the transfer of inmates from that facility at this time.”
But……
But……
The other section of jail complex, the Central *Detention* Facilty (which holds other federal inmates from and in the District) failed inspection. Did not “meet minimum standards” Agency says it’ll move those federal inmates to prison facility in Lewisburg, PA (more)
This is a damning indictment of DC’s long troubled jail complex. But also an indication that the Jan 6 defendants are getting better conditions than others arrested on federal charges in and near Washington DC. Noticeably better.
Generations of men and women who’ve served time in DC Jail have questioned and warned of conditions inside. And some *now* question why it took so long and legal challenges by accused Insurrectionists before the Feds move on it
Per my reporting over past 20 years here, DC jail Central Detention Facility has suffered heat/AC failures, leaking roof, floods, questions about medical care. And since COVID, there are concerns about isolation, viral spread and access to lawyers and case evidence
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