When was DC jail built?
Established as an agency in 1946, DOC combined the first-built District Jail (1872) with the Lorton Correctional Complex, which began as a workhouse for male prisons in 1910, but later expanded to include eight prisons on 3,000 acres of land in Lorton, Virginia.
Established as an agency in 1946, DOC combined the first-built District Jail (1872) with the Lorton Correctional Complex, which began as a workhouse for male prisons in 1910, but later expanded to include eight prisons on 3,000 acres of land in Lorton, Virginia.