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District of Columbia Jail: Management Challenges Exist in Improving Facility Conditions

District of Columbia Jail: Management Challenges Exist in Improving Facility Conditions

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U.S. Government Accountability Office (Washington, DC)

Published 2004. 62 pages.

Answers to follow-up questions for a 2002 report by the District of Columbia's Office of the Inspector General are provided. This report addresses: health and safety deficiencies at the jail and correctional treatment facility; capital improvement projects at the jail -- one complete with 15 in various stages; and the Department of Correction has taken steps to improve inmate records, but effects on reducing release errors are difficult to determine. Accession Number: 019982

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