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Issue Position: NORTON MAKES STRIDES FOR D.C. INMATES

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Infrastructure Criminal Justice

Against significant odds, Norton has begun gradually bringing the 5,600 D.C. Code felons, including 248 women, now spread throughout 115 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities in 33 states, closer to home. Following Norton's hearings, the BOP has moved D.C. juveniles convicted as adults to the D.C. Jail from North Dakota, where they were held. In addition, D.C. Code felons sentenced to six months or less and those serving weekend sentences are no longer sent away to BOP facilities across the country, but instead are housed at the D.C. Jail. Norton's long-term goal is to get an existing BOP facility near the District converted exclusively for male and female D.C. Code felons, where they will have access to family and improved chances for successful reentry into society.


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