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The original jail building circa 1910. The District of Columbia Jail or the D.C. Central Detention Facility (commonly referred to as the D.C. Jail) is a jail run by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in Washington, D.C., United States. The Stadium–Armory station serves the D.C. Jail. The majority of male inmates housed in the ...
The DOC operates the Central Detention Facility (), at 1901 D Street Southeast.The jail opened in 1976. [4]In 1985, a federal judge in the case of Campbell v.McGruder, a lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia for unconstitutional jail conditions, set a population cap of 1,674 inmates for the D.C. Jail. [5] This judicially imposed cap was lifted in 2002, after seventeen years.
Washington Bee (1882–1922) OCLC 10587828, ISSN 1940-7424 [31][32] The Washington Daily News (1921–1972), predecessor to the Washington Star. Washington Globe [33] The Washington Herald (1906–1939) [34] The Washington Star (1841–1981), a national newspaper [35] The Washington Sun (1960–2010), African American issues.
Although Washington was home to abolitionist papers prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865), the first known newspaper published by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia was the New Era, which Frederick Douglass launched in 1870. Notable newspapers in Washington today include the Washington Afro-American and Washington Informer.
The Washington Informer is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. The Informer is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area. [1][2] The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994), [3][4] founded the paper in 1964. [5]
The Washington Afro-American. Washington Blade. Washington City Paper. The Washington Daily News. The Washington Diplomat. Washington Free Press. The Washington Informer. The Washington Post. The Washington Times.
Star-Gazette (1828, founded as Elmira Gazette, the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate) The Providence Journal (1829) The Post-Standard (1829) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1829, founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer) The Stamford Advocate (1829, founded as The Stamford Intelligencer)
Express was published by Express Publications Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. [2] Express was written and edited from the Washington Post 's office on Franklin Square in Washington, D.C. Prior to 2010, it was produced from an office in Arlington, Virginia. Printing the newspaper required over 700 tons of ...