D.C. Central Detention Facility

Washington, District Of Columbia County, District of Columbia · capacity 2,164

Also reported as Central Detention Facility; Central Detention Facility (D.C. Jail); D.C. Jail; DC Jail Central Detention Facility; DC Jail Complex Inmate Reception Center; District Jail; and others.

24 deaths are recorded here, from 1891 to 2026; all by name. 5 were executions.

illness 4
suicide 4
overdose 4
undetermined 3
other person 3
neglect 1

The people

Marcus Benson May 8, 2026
Carlos Shelley May 12, 2025
Benjamin Larry Robertson September 15, 2024
Dominique Brown May 24, 2024
Anthony McDonald February 16, 2024
Roy Tatum January 3, 2024
Marktwan James Hargraves July 20, 2023
Stephen Bragg January 25, 2023
Giovanni Love June 9, 2022
Sean Lee May 15, 2022
Ramone O’Neal May 13, 2022
Segundo Mejia Escobar March 18, 2022
Deon Crowell April 13, 2020
Mike Johnson August 5, 2013
Walter Calloway June 29, 2013
Josue Pena November 25, 2009
Jonathan Magbie September 24, 2004
John Proctor June 22, 1928Executed
Nicholas Lee Eagles June 22, 1928Executed
Samuel Moreno June 22, 1928Executed
James F. Allen September 12, 1917Executed
Lomax July 11, 1913
Henry Jandorf September 1891
Guiteau June 30, 1882Executed

History and conditions

Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.