Norton Receives Assurances from Federal Bureau of Prisons that Hope Village is Safe

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has assured her that Hope Village, the men's halfway house in the District of Columbia, has enough supplies for all residents and is clean and sanitary. BOP also informed Norton that, as she requested, subsistence fees, which can be up to 25% of a resident's wages, have been waived at halfway houses nationwide. BOP also said that there are currently no known COVID-19 cases at Hope Village.

"This positive and prompt assurances from the Federal Bureau of Prisons that the residents at Hope Village are being taken care of in a safe manner, with everything they need, is reassuring to families and to D.C. residents," Norton said. "I appreciate that BOP has made the positive step of ensuring residents will not have to pay subsistence fees during the pandemic."

Norton has introduced legislation that would permanently prohibit the BOP from charging subsistence fees.