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Civil Rights Groups Amend Suit Against St. Elizabeths To Add Challenge to Inadequate COVID-19 Response

Conditions at D.C.'s public psychiatric hospital have declined since the outbreak of COVID-19.

April 16, 2020

Public Defender Service Comment on First COVID Death at D.C. Jail

The D.C. Jail reported its first death to COVID-19 today.

April 13, 2020

Civil Rights Groups Sue Hope Village, Inc., Bureau of Prisons, and the District of Columbia for Endangering Prisoners at DC Halfway House During COVID-19 Pandemic

Unsanitary conditions and disregard of CDC guidelines put residents and staff at high risk of illness of COVID-19 infection.

April 2, 2020

Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic

The case seeks immediate relief for unconstitutional conditions for all 1,600-plus individuals housed at the jail and its adjacent custodial treatment facility.

March 30, 2020

COVID-19 Stimulus Shortchanges D.C. by $750 Million

The stimulus package forces the District to share $3 billion with five U.S. territories. D.C. will receive approximately $500 million, while all the states are set to receive $1.25 billion each.

March 27, 2020

ACLU Statement on D.C. Statehood Markup

The House Oversight Committee voted the D.C. Statehood bill out of committee. The bill now goes for a full vote in the House.

February 11, 2020