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Reporters Given Restricted Tour of DC Jail
Members of the press were allowed to tour parts of the D.C. jail Tuesday after a recent surprise inspection found what the U.S. Marshals Service called “systemic failures” in unlivable conditions. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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DC Jail Probe: Transfer Concerns for Some Inmates
A D.C. official says dozens of federal inmates have been sent to a prison complex in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in the past 48 hours after a surprise inspection found health and safety issues. One inmate tells News4’s Scott MacFarlane the transfers also raise concerns.
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Advocates Want Answers About Unsanitary DC Jail Living Conditions
Advocates want answers after a recent surprise inspection found evidence of unsanitary living conditions at the D.C. jail.
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Advocates Want Answers About Unsanitary DC Jail Living Conditions
Hundreds of D.C. jail inmates are being transferred to a federal prison nearly 200 miles away after a surprise inspection revealed unsanitary living conditions, News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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400 Inmates to be Removed from DC Jail Facility After Inspection
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) will be removing 400 inmates from a D.C. jail facility after an unannounced inspection conducted in October, the USMS said Tuesday.
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Five Inmates Will Run for ANC Seat in Ward 7 Tuesday
As part of D.C.’s effort to broaden voter participation among incarcerated people, a unique election to fill an advisory neighborhood commission, or ANC, seat in Ward 7 will take place Tuesday.
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DC Jail Inmates Run for Open ANC Seat
As part of D.C.’s effort to broaden voter participation among the incarcerated, a unique election will take place Tuesday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Transgender Woman Sues DC Jail for Discrimination
A transgender woman is suing D.C. Jail for keeping her in the men’s detention unit despite her identifying as female.
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DC Jail's Experiment to Prepare Inmates for Freedom
The News4 I-Team goes behind bars to see what the District is doing to try to prepare longtime inmates for freedom. Scott MacFarlane reports the D.C. jail has an enormous task: Help the inmates, protect the community and keep peace inside its walls.
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Young Men Emerging: Inside the DC Jail's Experiment to Prepare Inmates for Freedom
Young Men Emerging offers group counseling, one-on-one mentoring, job training and educational programs — all to help prepare the participants for their potential release from custody.
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Nearly 300 Inmates Attempt Suicide in America's Prisons Each Year
Financier and accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide is one of nearly a dozen suicides that happen per year in America’s federal prisons, according to records collected by the News4 I-Team.
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Kim Kardashian West Poses for Selfie With Inmates During DC Jail Visit
Kim Kardashian West returned to D.C. as part of her criminal justice reform advocacy — this time, not to the White House but to a local jail.
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Report: DC Needs New Jail as Aging Facility Is ‘Hazardous'
The auditor of Washington, D.C, says the city needs a new jail, as conditions inside its 1976 facility that houses male inmates have become hazardous.
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More Than 40 DC-Area Inmates Died From Suicide in Custody Since 2014
More than 40 inmates in jails and prisons in the Washington, D.C. area have died by suicide in custody since 2014, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.
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DC Murder Suspect Set Free in Maryland
A man accused of killing his 16-year-old girlfriend in D.C. somehow slipped through the cracks and was released from jail in Prince George’s County. News4’s Nicole Jacobs reports.
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Synthetic Drug Sent to DC Jail Sickens Employees
Several employees of the D.C. jail were sickened Thursday after an envelope containing a synthetic drug was discovered, officials say.
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DC Man Called in Bomb Threat to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in February
A man accused of calling in a bomb threat to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in February will appear in court next week.
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South Carolina Woman Takes Plea in Her Latest White House Security Case
A woman with a record of trying to illegally enter the White House grounds has pleaded guilty to an incident on the Fourth of July.
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Woman Attempts to Trespass at White House for Second Straight Fourth of July: Police
For the second straight year, the U.S. Secret Service arrested a South Carolina woman trying to break onto White House grounds on the Fourth of July, police said.