D.C. Code § 24-201.15

Accountability for safekeeping of prisoners

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1379, ch. 854, § 1191; Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192; Mar. 16, 1926, 44 Stat. 209, ch. 58, § 6

The Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail shall be accountable for the safekeeping of all prisoners legally committed thereto.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.