Yesterday a Superior Court judge denied a request by the D.C. Attorney General's office to seal exhibits entered into public record by two UDC professors as part of a FOIA lawsuit. The professors sued for the Department of Corrections' emergency plans at D.C. Jail, the city said releasing them would cause a terrorist attack, and [...]

The D.C. Jail is on lockdown. A Sept. 24 release announces that the Department of Corrections (DOC) has instituted a "non-emergency security procedure" at the D.C. Jail until October 6. Inmate movement is restricted. A sign on the visitor's door says the lockdown started on Sept. 22 and that no visitors are allowed.
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The D.C. Department of Corrections says releasing Program Statement No. 5031.1A will "encourage an act of terrorism." Why, then, did the department make the document readily available on its website, where anyone in the world could look at it?
Read all about it in this week's cover story. Take a look at the document, too, [...]