DC Jail

Authorities are investigating how drugs got inside the jail. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with city officials about the overdoses.

One D.C. Jail inmate is dead and another is in the hospital after they both overdosed on drugs that were possibly laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl, officials say. The two inmates were in the same cell at the D.C. Jail when they overdosed on Sunday, D.C. Council Member Charles Allen said. Sean Lee, 37, died, a spokesperson for...

The two men facing charges of posing as federal law enforcement officers were released from jail pending their trial. News4’s Mark Segraves was outside the jail when they walked out of jail.

Changes are coming to the D.C. jail after the facility was sued over the way it treats transgender women. News4’s Mark Segraves explains the changes and speaks to a transgender woman who was forced to live in the male housing unit.

The D.C. Department of Corrections agreed to change policies related to the housing of transgender inmates after facing a class action lawsuit.  The DOC agreed this week to settle the lawsuit and house transgender people according to their gender identity. They also said they would limit how often transgender people are kept in protective custody without the inmate’s request...

A correctional officer at the DC Jail was arrested at the facility Thursday for allegedly accepting bribes to bring inmates drugs, knives and cellphones, federal prosecutors say.  Johnson Ayuk, 31, of Bowie, Maryland, was charged with bribery and providing or possessing contraband in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. News4 broke the story on Twitter. Ayuk began working at...

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. The jail has long been a source of problems for the city, but it was under the national spotlight when defendants charged in the deadly Capitol insurrection began...

U.S. Marshals are continuing to move federal inmates out of the D.C. jail’s Central Detention Facility weeks after the Marshals say they found “evidence of systemic failures” in the jail. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

A leader of the far-right Proud Boys group will remain in the D.C. jail after a judge shot down his request to be transferred to home detention.

A leader of the far-right Proud Boys group will remain in the D.C. jail. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports a judge shot down a request to transfer Enrique Tarrio to home detention.

The leader of the far-right Proud Boys requested release to home confinement immediately, citing the poor conditions in the D.C. jail.

D.C. struck a deal with the U.S. Marshals Service to improve the situation at the city’s main jail after it came under criticism and the Justice Department announced that 400 federal prisoners would be transferred out because of substandard conditions.

Several members of Congress toured the embattled D.C. jail Thursday night after an inspection by U.S. marshals found troubling conditions inside the older central detention facility, including evidence of drug use, sewage problems, and shortcomings with food and the water supply.

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.

U.S. marshals are inspecting the D.C. jail and speaking with inmates arrested in the U.S. Capitol insurrection case. A week ago, a federal judge raised questions about the treatment of those Jan. 6 inmates at the jail after revelations one of the defendants had a broken hand that was allegedly improperly cared for. The judge also formally found the...

U.S. marshals are inspecting the D.C. jail and speaking with inmates arrested in the U.S. Capitol insurrection. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

A judge found the warden and director of the D.C. jail in contempt of court, ruling they aren’t properly responding to court questions about the medical care being given to at least one U.S. Capitol riot defendant. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

A federal judge found D.C. corrections officials in contempt of court Wednesday in connection to medical treatment of a Jan. 6 defendant. The judge said he’ll refer the matter to the Justice Department to determine whether the jail is violating the rights of Capitol insurrection suspects.