Norton Announces Federal Bureau of Prisons Releasing as Many D.C. Halfway House Residence as Possible, Following Her Advice

Statement

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the response she received from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) concerning Hope Village, the men's halfway house in the District of Columbia. According to the letter, the BOP is responding to Norton's request to release as many Hope Village residents as possible to home confinement during the coronavirus. Norton raised concerns, however, with the few remaining residents who have no place to go and again requested that they be placed in D.C. hotels with appropriate monitoring, such as ankle monitors.

"I appreciate that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has responded to my urgent request and has begun releasing as many Hope Village residents to home conferment as possible," Norton said. "While I realize that this is an ongoing process and that there are a handful of residents who have no place to go, I look forward to the BOP releasing as many of these individuals safely to their homes, where they will continue to be monitored but will not be confined in a space that could be more ripe for spread of the coronavirus. It is still unacceptable, however, that the few remaining residents who otherwise would not have a place to go will be placed in halfway houses outside of the District of Columbia. While the halfway houses outside of the District are not as far away as they could have been, these individuals need to be placed in hotels in the District so that they can continue to be close to their friends, families and jobs."

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