Thread. U.S. Marshals investigation into the D.C. jail found "punitive denial of food and water" in the area of the jail detaining impoverished almost exclusively Black people awaiting trial. washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
Punitive denial of food and water would be a federal crime. Although this has been going on for years, you never have and never will see prosecutors choose to prosecute any jail officials. "Law enforcement" only targets some people for some crimes.
Marshals reported “large amounts of standing human sewage . . . in the toilets of multiple occupied cells” and many cells in which water “had been shut off for days.” This has been happening for years to poorest people in capital of richest country on earth. Mayor knew about it.
Federal Marshals said that D.C. jail guards “were observed antagonizing detainees” and “directing detainees to not cooperate” with the review. One prisoner was warned by a staff member to “stop snitching.”
This is consistent with what we have seen in every single human caging facility we have visited in the last five years. When you see a Sheriff, police chief, DA, judge, or Mayor, you should know that they know this happens in their cages and do nothing to stop it.
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