District of Columbia Code
Part A - General
§ 24–201.22. Payment for subsistence of prisoners

There shall be allowed and paid by the Attorney General for the subsistence of prisoners in the custody of any marshal of the United States and the Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail in the District of Columbia such sum as it reasonably and actually costs to subsist them. And it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prescribe such regulations for the government of the marshals and the Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail in the District of Columbia in relation to their duties under §§ 24-201.12 to 24-201.16 and this section as will enable him to determine the actual and reasonable expenses incurred.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1380, ch. 854, § 1204; Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192.)
1981 Ed., § 24-421.
1973 Ed., § 24-421.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment

Chapter 2 - Prisons and Prisoners

Subchapter I - Prisons

Part A - General

§ 24–201.01. Place of imprisonment; cumulative sentences; jurisdiction of prosecutions. [Repealed]

§ 24–201.02. Imprisonment for more than 1 year; jurisdiction over Reformatory prisoners; transfer from penitentiary to Reformatory

§ 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 [Repealed]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

§ 24–201.09. Board of Public Welfare to have exclusive management and control of Workhouse, Reformatory, and Washington Asylum and Jail. [Omitted]

§ 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

§ 24–201.17. Execution of judgments in capital cases; failure to make specific appropriation not abolition of position

§ 24–201.18. Sale of products of Workhouse and Reformatory. [Repealed]

§ 24–201.19. Sale of gun mountings. [Repealed]

§ 24–201.20. Workhouse; Reformatory; Superintendents and all other employees; appointment; discharge; supervision of Board of Public Welfare. [Omitted]

§ 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

§ 24–201.27. Rewards

§ 24–201.28. Discharge and release payments

§ 24–201.29. Institutional good time. [Repealed]