SEEDS OF ANGUISH - AN ACLU STUDY OF THE D. C. JAIL

• NCJ Number: 7830
• Author(s): F POWLEDGE
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 52 pages
• Corporate Author: American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area
• Sale Source: American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INVESTIGATION OF INTAKE PROCEDURES, LIVING CONDITIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAIL.

Abstract

FIRST, THE JAIL'S OWN EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURES AND FACILITIES IS PRESENTED, DRAWN FROM THE JAIL'S LITERATURE, FROM THE CORRECTION DEPARTMENT'S MEMORANDUM ON DISCIPLINE, AND INMATE INFORMATION BULLETINS. THEN THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PRISONERS THEMSELVES AND FORMER INMATES ARE RELATED, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GATHERED DURING ACLU SPONSORED TOURS OF THE JAIL. THE INMATES CONTEND THAT MEDICAL CARE IS SERIOUSLY DELAYED BY THE JAIL SCREENING PROCESS, THAT DUE PROCESS IS DENIED IN DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS, AND THAT THE INSTITUTION IS OVERCROWDED WITH RESULTING INADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES. RECOMMENDATIONS, IN AREAS SUCH AS DISCIPLINE, PERSONNEL, FOOD, AND SANITATION, ARE OFFERED BY THE ACLU TO IMPROVE THE JAIL FACILITY.