This has posts about halfway houses and issues related to all forms of supervised release.
The DCist published an article providing more information regarding the efforts by ANC 7F, the commission representing the neighborhood where CORE plans to open a new men’s halfway house, to oppose the site. ANC 7F has filed an application to designate the building at that address as a historic landmark. This halts CORE’s plans until …
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The Washington Post has published an opinion piece by Jack Brown, chairman and chief executive of CORE DC, as well as the founder and chief executive of CORE Services Group. CORE DC was recently awarded a contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons to open a new men’s halfway house for DC returning citizens. Currently, …
The Corrections Information Council published information today regarding the impact of the closure of the Hope Village men’s federal halfway house for DC citizens who are residents there.
Source: wamu.org Recent reports have stated that the current operator of the federal men’s halfway house known as Hope Village will cease operations when their current contract with the BOP expires at the end of April. Advocates have been asking themselves what happens to DC residents when Hope Village closes. Wamu.org published an article today, …
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Source: WAMU.org WAMU, citing a letter sent from Rep. Norton to the BOP, reports that the company that runs the Hope Village halfway house in Southeast D.C. is no longer seeking to extend or renew its contract with the federal Bureau of Prisons.
Source: wamu.org Two people finishing prison sentences at the Hope Village halfway house in Southeast D.C. died over the weekend. The deaths are not related to the coronavirus, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) says. “I can confirm two deaths at Hope Village this week,” wrote BOP spokesperson Sue Allison. “These deaths …
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The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights the ACLU of the District of Columbia have filed suit on behalf of residents of the Hope Village Halfway House. The class action lawsuit names Hope Village, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the D.C. Department of Corrections and alleges these defendants dit not “take even the most basic …
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From Congresswoman Norton Press Release: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter she sent today to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Michael Carvajal, again asking BOP to investigate conditions at Hope Village, the men’s halfway house in the District of Columbia, after learning a that two residents died there in …
Attorney General William P. Barr issued an order to the federal Bureau of Prisons “to expand the cohort of inmates who can be considered for home release upon my finding that emergency conditions are materially affecting the functioning of the Bureau of Prisons.”
The ReThink Justice Pathways to Reentry Committee send a sign-on letter to Mayor Bowser and Councilmember Charles Allen, Chair of the Council’s Judiciary Committee to bring to their attention an urgent situation regarding the District’s only halfway house for men. The letters states that the signees believe that this DC-based halfway house is in danger …
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