SEE ALSO | DC inmate killed after stabbing inside city jail, investigation underway. D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson recently completed the report, an update to the last one completed in 2019.

The D.C. Auditor, Kathy Patterson, tells Fox 5 that the D.C. jail has a death rate more than three and a half times the national average for jails.

WASHINGTON — D.C. needs a new jail. That's what reports from the Office of the D.C. Auditor have been saying for years. And the newest audit, released Wednesday, says this is no longer just a ...

Brandon Fellows was also convicted on charges related to Jan. 6 and has held a vigil outside the D.C. jail for months for fellow inmates. He spent over a year in the facility.

On nine occasions, Langston’s co-conspirator, Jamar Bennett, sold PCP to two undercover officers, containing the drug in ...

Mario Guevara was initially taken into custody on June 14 during the "No Kings" protest in DeKalb County. A Salvadoran ...

Zaan Scott, a swim coach at the Eastern Market pool, was on his way home when Green tried robbing him at gunpoint.

A 32-year-old man will serve more than five years behind bars after stabbing another man during a fight over a hat in ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has been housing immigration detainees in jails and prisons following an interagency agreement ...

An Army major has been sentenced to 53 years in prison after a military jury found him guilty of a sweeping series of rapes ...

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a December 2023 drug deal that killed two people, ...

WAHINGTON (7News) — Dangerous, unsafe, and egregious -- A scathing new audit reveals the D.C. jail’s death rate is 3.5 times the national average, prompting urgent calls to take action. 7News ...