It’s been an issue for inmates convicted of felonies in D.C. since Lorton Reformatory closed its doors in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2001.
Since D.C. doesn’t have its own prison, inmates convicted of local felonies serve their sentences in the Federal Bureau of Prison system.
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has again introduced a bill that would require inmates serving time for D.C. crimes be assigned to federal prisons within 250 miles of the District…