At the Feb. 3 House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the country’s prisons, members had the chance to ask questions of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) director Michael Carvajal about the conditions of inmates held in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. But to the dismay of those seeking answers, Carvajal didn’t have many. According to Carvajal, there are 19 Jan. 6 inmates in federal custody, eight of whom are in pretrial detention. However, most of the alleged human rights abuses of Jan. 6 inmates have been tied to the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility, where an estimated 37 January Sixers are held. The BOP does not have oversight of the D.C. Department of Corrections, leaving Carvajal with little to say about the conditions of the Jan. 6 inmates there. “I’m not going to comment on what another corrections facility does without knowing all the details,” Carvajal said. …
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