Sgt. Deon Jones – Photo: ACLU of DC. A corrections officer who works at the D.C. Jail has sued the District of Columbia, as well as four supervisors and a co-worker at the D.C. Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The D.C. Department of Corrections denounced the recent findings from an audit of its facility that was ...

A Washington, D.C., correctional officer on Wednesday sued the city’s government and Department of Corrections for creating a hostile work environment based on his sexual identity. The officer said he ...

A transgender woman is suing the District of Columbia after its Department of Corrections placed her in a men’s jail unit despite her telling officials she identifies as a woman, according to a ...

A former D.C. corrections officer was sentenced to more than three years behind bars Friday for assaulting a handcuffed inmate by ramming the inmate’s head into a metal door frame in 2019. Marcus Bias ...

Criminal justice reform has been at the forefront of many political conversations over the past few years, both nationally and locally. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have released their ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A city corrections officer is claiming the D.C. Department of Corrections is a hostile, anti-gay workplace in a new lawsuit, saying he endured slurs, retaliation and threats of ...

Larry Key is 57 years old. He has kidney failure, heart disease, diabetes, and lung cancer, according to federal court documents. He has been sitting in the DC Jail since September 2019 after being ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A former D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) caseworker was sentenced Wednesday for smuggling contraband and taking bribes, according to the United States Attorney’s Office ...

The D.C. Department of Corrections on Monday agreed to implement a package of COVID-19 protections as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by prisoners at the D.C. Jail. The ACLU of ...