Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Director of Federal Bureau Prisons - Norton Requests Information from Federal Bureau of Prisons to Ensure D.C. Inmates Receive Equal Treatment

Letter

Hugh J. Hurwitz

Acting Director

Federal Bureau of Prisons

320 First Street NW

Washington, DC 20534

Dear Acting Director Hurwitz:

As you know, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for housing District of Columbia Code felons, the only local offenders BOP is required to house. I appreciate that since BOP has been housing D.C. Code offenders, they have had access to many BOP programs, such as substance abuse treatment, which was initially denied. However, we have recently learned that D.C. Code felons may not qualify for certain forms of compassionate release, and we are concerned there may be other BOP programs and policies that do not apply to D.C. Code felons in the same manner they apply to federal offenders in BOP custody.

Therefore, I request that you identify all federal laws, rules, regulations, programs and policies related to federal offenders in BOP custody that do not apply in the same manner to D.C. Code felons in BOP custody, and provide them to me in writing.

I appreciate your attention to this matter, and request that you respond to this letter within 30 days.

Sincerely,

Eleanor Holmes Norton

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