A number of jailed Capitol rioters awaiting trial for their alleged roles in the insurrection have been complaining about how they’re being treated in prison. They have taken issue with their lodgings, with some saying they’re being kept in unclean or unsafe conditions in the Washington, D.C. jail. Well, a federal judge is tired of their whining.
According to CNN, Judge Emmet Sullivan acknowledged some difficulties with defendants’ situations in jail, but told the rioters that “prison is not a hotel.”
During a court hearing on Wednesday, Sullivan slammed Capitol riot defendants who have dragged claims about their treatment in jail into the courtroom.
“They’re running a jail, not a hotel. Some people want hotel services,” Sullivan said.
CNN reported that federal prosecutors disputed claims of mistreatment at the jail, alleging that defendant Christopher Worrell—who claimed that prison officials delayed getting him treatment for a broken finger—“invented” his medical problems. Worrell’s lawyer denied that allegation.
