Some small progress regarding the DC Jail. 400 federal inmates (not the Jan6 ones, who are held in a separate, adjacent facility), are being moved to a different federal facility. The DC Jail is run by the DC Dept of Corrections, not the federal Bureau of Prisons. /1 
US Marshall Service is responsible for pre-trial fed detainees & contracts w/DC DOC to house federally charged inmates for the DC & MD fed courts. They inspected the DC Jail & found it was subpar to their minimum requirements. As I’ve said many times, DC’s jail is a disgrace./2
Although the Marshalls found the adjacent facility where the Jan6 inmates are held is better than the main jail (which it is) & that it may meet their minimum requirements, that still doesn’t make it acceptable. So this is a small step, but at least it’s in the right direction./3
There is much work to be done on this issue. But, this is a start & it carries weight that the Marshalls Service made these findings at all. /4
The conditions are horrifying 👇🏻& most disgusting of all, food & water is being w/held for “putative” purposes.
This was kicked off because a Republican judge (Lamberth) has the balls to hold public officials to account.
Now the courts, DOJ, & the DC Council will have to act./5
This was kicked off because a Republican judge (Lamberth) has the balls to hold public officials to account.
Now the courts, DOJ, & the DC Council will have to act./5
*punitive purposes
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