Local Elected Officials to Testify to Federal Officials on Placement of Halfway Houses in D.C. at Norton Roundtable, Wednesday

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Local elected officials from the District of Columbia will testify to federal officials about the placement of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)-contracted residential reentry centers in the District at a roundtable hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at 1100 4th St. SW, Room E200. Norton will host a panel with officials from BOP and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and hear testimony from local officials including Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen and several Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. Norton said the roundtable will adjourn in plenty of time for the third presidential debate, which is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m.