The hanging death of a female prisoner has provoked a showdown between the D.C. Council and the city’s Corrections Department, which has refused to release its findings in the case.
In a tense confrontation before the Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, Corrections Director Devon Brown refused to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding the March 1 suicide of 32-year-old Alicia Edwards, citing executive privilege.
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