Raymond Roseboro was brutally stabbed five times last Friday in the D.C. Jail. His mother, Raylette Roseboro, says her son was "stabbed twice in the chest, once in the back, once in the shoulder and once in the forehead."
She also says that, at first, the jail kept her in the dark about the situation. City [...]
The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that inmates disciplined by the Department of Corrections aren't protected from further criminal prosecution for the same offenses under the federal double jeopardy clause.
The court's decision stems from the rebellious behavior of one Travis Haney.
According to court papers:
While being held at the District of Columbia Jail pending trial in another [...]
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WaPo just posted a curious story about a D.C. inmate who tried his own sexual assault case and won. The inmate had already been convicted of the rape and murder of a 77-year-old neighbor. But during a stint at the D.C. Jail, his cellmate accused him of sexual assault.
The inmate decided to try the case [...]
On Feb. 22, City Desk reported that there had been six inmate-on-inmate stabbings at the D.C. Jail since November. We followed up to report that the Department of Corrections refused to offer their own statistics on the subject.
But the DOC still had to comply with At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson's request for data leading up to [...]
This morning, Councilmember Phil Mendelson, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, will hold an oversight hearing on the Department of Corrections. Hopefully, Mendo will get some answers out of Director Devon Brown about all the stabbings at the D.C. Jail. Brown (pictured) has a decent reputation and there were high hopes for his tenure running [...]
On Feb. 22, City Desk had reported that there had been at least six stabbings at the D.C. Jail since November. A few days prior to our post, we wrote the Department of Corrections with a simple request. We asked for the department's own figure on the number of stabbings since November.
On Feb. 18, the [...]
The Department of Corrections continues to have a problem with violence inside the D.C. Jail. In November, an inmate was stabbed. On Jan. 13, Darrell C. Lee II was stabbed multiple times inside his cell. City Desk has learned of four additional violent incidents. According to sources familiar with events, at least four additional inmates [...]
On January 13, Darrell C. Lee II was stabbed multiple times inside his D.C. Jail cell. The door to Lee's cell was apparently broken; his door could not close. After taking a shower, Lee returned to his cell, and was then allegedly jumped by several inmates.
The inmates reportedly used a black knife, stabbing Lee multiple [...]
Last week, Tira Williams was wrongly released from the D.C. Jail. The Department of Corrections has yet to come up with a legit excuse for her release. But maybe there's one excuse that everyone can get behind.
The DOC should just come out and say this: Ms. Williams was just really annoying and therefore we felt [...]
On Tuesday, news broke that the D.C. Jail renewed one of its most steady pastimes: screwing up an inmate's release. Throughout the jail's recent history, Department of Corrections officials had made a habit of either releasing inmates too early or holding inmates well beyond their release dates. In the case of Tira Williams, jail officials [...]
The Post is reporting that Ingmar Guandique has arrived in D.C. The paper writes:
"Federal marshals transported Ingmar Guandique to Washington on Monday night from a federal prison facility, where he was serving time for attacking two women.
Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said that Guandique will be taken today from the D.C. Jail to the [...]
This past week, City Desk reported that the D.C. Jail has shut down its visitation hours for the early part of this month. The Department of Corrections told us that the reason families can't see their loved ones is simple: Officers are conducting a total sweep of the jail.
The closure's timing is suspicious but seems [...]
Yesterday we posted an item on the Department of Corrections shutting down visitation to the D.C. Jail from April 8 to April 19. The rumors have been flying since March. We've heard that the jail has had problems with inmate doors not working. We've heard that there was a fight recently that caused a number [...]
According to a D.C. Jail has suspended social visits from April 8 through April 19:
"Social visits with inmates at the Central Detention Facility (CDF) will not be permitted from April 8, 2009 to April 19, 2009. However, legal visits are not affected and may be conducted as usual.
Social visits will resume on April 20, 2009. [...]
