US Marshals to Remove 400 Inmates From DC Jail After Prisoners Left in Unacceptable Conditions
Approximately 400 prisoners —
all pretrial detainees — are being moved to a
federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania, after an “unannounced inspection” found they were being held in
unacceptable conditions that did not meet federal standards revealed to The Washington Post.
The DC jail at the center of the matter is where defendants in the
deadly January 6 Capitol riot are currently being held.
The detainees were reportedly found in
deplorable and
unsanitary conditions, with
punitive denial of food and water. The findings were referred to the Justice Department Civil Rights Division.
Conditions at a newer Central Treatment Facility, where January 6 defendants are currently held, “were observed to be largely appropriate and consistent with federal prisoner detention standards," USMS determined.
