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D.C. Jail to Institute Changes to Transgender Housing Policy in Lawsuit Settlement

D.C. Jail to Institute Changes to Transgender Housing Policy in Lawsuit Settlement

By Kirit Minhas March 31, 2022

Following a March 23 settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by Sunday Hinton, a transgender woman who was held in a male unit by the D.C. Central Detention Facility (CDF), the D.C. Department of...

D.C. Jail Forced to Relocate Incarcerated Individuals, Elected Official Allowed to Stay

D.C. Jail Forced to Relocate Incarcerated Individuals, Elected Official Allowed to Stay

By Jemima Denham November 12, 2021

Joel Castón, an incarcerated individual elected as advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 7, will not be transferred out of the Washington, D.C., Central Detention Facility following reports of unsatisfactory...

GU Prison Scholars Resume In-Person Classes at DC Jail

GU Prison Scholars Resume In-Person Classes at DC Jail

By Maya Cacenco and Samantha Sinutko October 1, 2021

The Georgetown University Prison Scholars program gathered in the D.C. Central Detention Facility for their first in-person classes since 2020. The program has been virtual since March 2020 because...

Prisons and Justice Initiative Launches Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Program

Prisons and Justice Initiative Launches Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Program

By Annie Kane April 15, 2021

Georgetown University launched a new program that will allow eligible incarcerated persons in the Maryland state prison system to earn a bachelor’s degree. The program, led by the university’s...

@MARCMHOWARD / TWITTER | Zack Johnson (center) is a student in the Georgetown Prison Scholars Program, founded by Professor Marc Howard (left).

Georgetown Prison Scholar Freed from DC Jail

By Curran Stockton October 4, 2019

Zack Johnson, a formerly incarcerated student in the Georgetown Prison Scholars Program, was freed Sept. 30 after serving two and a half years in the Washington, D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility. At...

Mercy for Milzman

By The Editorial Board April 4, 2014

The Georgetown community watched with great attention as Daniel Milzman (COL ’16) was arrested, arraigned and detained by federal officials for possession of ricin, a deadly biological toxin, over the...

MICHELLE XU/THE HOYA Danny Milzman and his lawyer at his original detention hearing Tuesday.

Judge Delays Decision on Milzman’s Release

By Emma Hinchliffe March 26, 2014

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Richard Roberts delayed a ruling Wednesday on the U.S. government’s appeal to keep in custody Daniel Milzman (COL ’16), who is charged with possession of a biological...

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