In March 2021, Christopher Worrell was arrested and incarcerated in the D.C. Jail on felony charges arising out of his alleged participation in the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest.
In August 2021, his lawyers advised U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth - a Reagan nominee on the D.C. District Court - that, instead of surgery, D.C. Jail officials had limited Worrell's treatment to Tylenol and similar anti-inflammatory drugs.
At the contempt hearing, counsel for the D.C. DOC argued that jail officials had worked diligently to compile Worrell's medical records, and that there was no reason to hold anyone in contempt since the preceding day the records had been turned over to the USMS. But Lamberth wasn't buying it.
For the reasons stated in open court, it is adjudged that the Warden of the D.C. Jail Wanda Patten and Director of the D.C. Department of Corrections Quincy Booth are in civil contempt of court.
Following Lamberth's contempt order, the USMS conducted an unannounced inspection of the D.C. Jail's Central Detention Facility and Central Treatment Facility.
The judge also expressed concerns that guards at the D.C. Jail would retaliate against Worrell, whose case appeared to have, in part, prompted the USMS surprise inspection.
Worrell has reached a safe harbor, but scores of other January 6 pre-trial detainees remain in the D.C. Jail.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
The Men Behind the Wire: Voices From the DC Jail
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