Whenever and wherever authority of law exists to sentence, commit, order committed, or confine any person to or in the Jail of the District of Columbia or the Washington Asylum of said District, said authority shall be exercised by sentence, commitment, order of commitment, or confinement to or in said Washington Asylum and Jail.
(Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192.)
1981 Ed., § 24-408.
1973 Ed., § 24-408.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment
Chapter 2 - Prisons and Prisoners
§ 24–201.01. Place of imprisonment; cumulative sentences; jurisdiction of prosecutions. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.03. Transfer from Jail to Workhouse
§ 24–201.04. Commutation of fine
§ 24–201.05. Good conduct deduction. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.06. Release in District
§ 24–201.07. Jail and Washington Asylum combined
§ 24–201.08. Commitments to Washington Asylum and Jail
§ 24–201.10. Detention of United States prisoners in Washington Asylum and Jail
§ 24–201.11. Appointment and supervision of prison personnel
§ 24–201.12. Employment of prisoners
§ 24–201.13. Commitment by Marshal
§ 24–201.14. Delivery of prisoners to Marshal
§ 24–201.15. Accountability for safekeeping of prisoners
§ 24–201.16. Annual report by Superintendent
§ 24–201.18. Sale of products of Workhouse and Reformatory. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.19. Sale of gun mountings. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.21. Grounds of Jail increased
§ 24–201.22. Payment for subsistence of prisoners
§ 24–201.23. Payment for maintenance of Jail
§ 24–201.24. Reimbursement of United States
§ 24–201.25. Charge against District for care of convicts
§ 24–201.26. Place of imprisonment