A cellblock at the D.C. jail on Sept. 24, 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post)

Here is a sample of some of the most egregious recent revelations about the conditions in the D.C. city jail:

The rate of death at the D.C. jail is three times the average of U.S. jails.

For overdose deaths, the rate is 10 times the national average.

The facility — especially its main building that opened in 1976 — is ridden with cockroaches, mice and mold.

In the span of just a year, an audit recorded almost 1,600 maintenance reports posing immediate health or safety risks. Most have to do with plumbing issues, which at times have resulted in “toilet water commingled with feces spewing onto residents and their living areas.”

Inmates are often subjected to extreme heat or cold due to poor clima

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