D.C. Code § 24-201.15
The Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail shall be accountable for the safekeeping of all prisoners legally committed thereto.
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1379, ch. 854, § 1191
Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192
Mar. 16, 1926, 44 Stat. 209, ch. 58, § 6
1973 Ed., § 24-415.
1981 Ed., § 24-415.
This section is referenced in § 24-201.13.