Marge goes to jail Some background on the DC jail visit by House oversight members today. There are two wings of the DC jail: The Central Detention Facility (where most DC inmates are housed) and Central Treatment Facility (where Jan. 6 defendants, pretrial and post-conviction, are housed). In fall 2021, amid rising complaints by Jan. 6 defendants about the conditions of CTF — and a federal judge’s contempt order — US marshals did a surprise inspection They found that conditions at *CDF* were abysmal and ordered removal of 100s of prisoners. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/02/feds-transfer-prisoners-dc-jail-518604 But the marshals found conditions in *CTF* where Jan. 6 defendants were housed to be “largely appropriate.” Judges and advocates for Jan. 6 defendants have remained skeptical — and for good reason. There’s no question the DC jail had major issues and the same management running the main jail also runs CTF. Flash forward to this month, US District Court Judge McFadden indicated in a hearing that conditions of the main jail have improved markedly since the Nov. 2021 report, and marshals had been moving inmates back in. Read @JordanOnRecord on this https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/judge-no-violation-of-jan-6-defendants-rights-at-dc-jail-christopher-quaglin-capitol-riot-lower-west-terrace-tunnel/65-29805bfe-9465-4868-840f-986ed5f32f56 In fact, McFadden said due to Jan. 6 defendants’ complaints (and fueled somewhat by Covid-era restrictions) the jail made unprecedented accommodations to help prisoners access evidence in their cases. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/judge-no-violation-of-jan-6-defendants-rights-at-dc-jail-christopher-quaglin-capitol-riot-lower-west-terrace-tunnel/65-29805bfe-9465-4868-840f-986ed5f32f56 There are still disagreements about whether access to evidence is sufficient, and different judges remain concerned about that. But there’s no indication that Jan. 6 defendants have been treated differently or worse than main jail…