I have read through the court documents re: the class action lawsuit against Hope Village/BOP/DOC and will share a few things in this thread. Some background is here, btw: https://wamu.org/story/20/04/02/prisoners-sue-d-c-s-federal-mens-halfway-house-over-coronavirus-response/

First, documents reveal a tense email exchange between Hope Village staff and BOP. HV was resisting a home confinement placement. BOP said there would be no "negotiating" allowed. HV used the emails to claim that BOP's risk assessment was "collapsing under public pressure."

U.S. Attorney General Barr recently directed the BOP to get more aggressive about placing people on home confinement -- particularly people who are esp. vulnerable at the most affected federal prisons. (see this memo: https://www.justice.gov/file/1266661/download). BUT...

Barr ALSO said release to home confinement should be done in a "careful and individualized way" to ensure public safety. And in a document related to this the Hope Village suit, BOP defended its careful review of home confinement.

BOP says 124 of 196 people in BOP custody at Hope Village are "statutorily eligible" for home confinement because they have served enough time. The plaintiffs say many of these people NEED to be let out to allow for social distancing. The BOP argues it's not so simple...

..and many don't actually qualify for home confinement, either because they don't have an approved place to go, or they have discipline violations. Men I've spoken to at the facility are scared and want to leave. Activists drove by HV in cars today, demanding everyone's release.

Meanwhile the judge, who denied the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order, ordered HV + BOP to provide certain data: COVID-19 tests + results, home confinement requests, roster of who is eligible for home confinement, preexisting medical conditions, and more.

This info is allowed to be filed under seal, though. So it probably won't be public. The next telephone hearing on the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is on Tuesday, April 14. End of thread (for now?)