The story behind the D.C. jailbreak

Around 7 a.m. on June 3, 2006, District of Columbia Jail Corporal Herbert Douglas gathered 15 prisoners for their Saturday morning work detail. Douglas had been with the Department of Corrections for 15 years, first at the Lorton lockup and then at the Central Detention Facility in the Hill East neighborhood.

Before that, he had spent 35 years in several state and federal agencies. He’d received outstanding performance reviews for his work in D.C.