“There are people being held in cages you know, in cells for 23 hours a day and I think they have a right to know when they’re going to have their day in court,” defense lawyer Carrie Weletz, who is representing Mr. Sharps in an appeal, told The Washington Times.
The 23-hour cell confinement is part of the D.C. Jail’s effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
“With that hour [outside the cell], they can choose things, right?” Ms. Weletz said. “My clients frequently choose not to shower because that’s their time of the day to stand in line to get a phone call with their family, which is the absolute only communication that most of them have with their family.”