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facilities has “evidence of systemic failures” and “large amounts of standing human sewage,” according to Fox News. That facility also had the water “shut off for days.” The surprise inspection was conducted during the week of October 18 by the U.S. Marshal for the District of Colombia. It focused on two DC detention centers, including the Central Treatment Facility and the Central Detention Facility, according to a press release which noted that “minimum standards of confinement” were not met at the facility. Following the inspection, the U.S. Marshals Service said 400 inmates at the Central Detention Facility would be moved to the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The inmates are under custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. In a November 3 letter to DC Department of Corrections Director Quincy L. Booth, Lamont Ruffin, the acting United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, noted that food and water seemed to be withheld as punishment, and that “the water in many of the cells within South 1 and North 1 had been shut off for days, inhibiting detainees from drinking
water, washing hands, or flushing toilets.” The food given to the inmates was “cold and congealed” and “evidence of drug use was pervasive.” It noted that the DC Department of Corrections staff at the Central Detention Facility seemed “unaware or uninterested” in any of the issues. Facility staff were also observed failing to follow COVID-19 policies and “antagonizing detainees,” the letter added. The investigation results have been forwarded to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. DC Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Christopher Geldart said the findings are “deeply concerning,” adding, “The charge and mission of the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) is to provide a safe, orderly, and humane environment for the men and women under our supervised detention.” Geldart added, “We take seriously the responsibility of caring for justice-involved DC residents and believe they should remain in DC. DOC leadership is evaluating moving inmates within the facility so that issues raised can be addressed efficiently and expeditiously.”
NYC Marathon Moments
Runners from Kenya crossed the finish line first in New York City’s Marathon on Sunday. Albert Korir won the men’s race; Peres Jepchirchir took the women’s competition. Korir, who came in second in the 2019 race, finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 22 seconds. Jepchirchir came in at 2 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds. It was 28-year-old Jepchirchir’s first time running the New York City Marathon, and she was not expecting to win after taking gold in the Olympics marathon in August. “I thank my G-d for the energy he has given me,” she said. “I’m going to say this course is not bad, but it’s not easy,” especially the finish. She is the first runner to win both Olympic gold and the New York City Marathon. Viola Cheptoo, also from Kenya, was just seconds behind Jepchirchir. Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh took third in the women’s race, finishing in 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 52 seconds. Molly Seidel finished as the top American woman, taking fourth in 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 42 seconds. Seidel won bronze in the women’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics. The victory was Korir’s fifth in a marathon, after Vienna City in 2017, Cape Town in 2018, Houston in 2019, and Ottawa the same year. Mohamed El Aaraby of Morocco came in second in the men’s race, finishing in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 6 seconds. He was followed by Eyob Faniel of Italy, who came in at 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 52 seconds. Elkanah Kibet finished as the top American, taking fourth with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 15 seconds. About 30,000 people were registered to take part in Sunday’s event, the 50th New York Marathon, which travels through the city’s five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn,
Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan. The race starts on Staten Island and ends in Central Park. This is the first marathon to take place in New York City in two years, as the marathon was canceled last year due to the pandemic.
Camel Conference
The streets of Madrid, Spain, became circus-like over the weekend after a flock of camels and a llama escaped from the circus and wandered around the city. On its Instagram page, the Gran Circo Quiros circus said that it had “suffered an animal sabotage” on Friday night but confirmed that “the animals are well.” Bactrian camels are originally native to central and Eastern Asia and are usually more accustomed to desert terrain than the streets of Madrid, although they are able to survive in a variety of extreme conditions. Most of these camels are now domesticated. Police were able to round up the rowdy crowd in the wee hours of the morning and returned the group to the circus. Spain’s national police confirmed the news on Twitter, sharing images of the animals walking along the streets and signed off with the hashtag #WeLoveAnimals. Well, we love camels – as long as they’re not in spitting distance from us.
Doug the Spud Doug may be the world’s biggest potato head. Recently, Colin and Donna CraigBrown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As he knelt down to dig it up, Colin tasted the huge object. Turns out, the giant specimen
