Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit November 8, 1974, 74-1353 (Nathaniel Wright, III v. Delbert C. Jackson)

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The District of Columbia maintains a number of prisons where persons convicted of crimes committed within the District are confined. Among such prisons is the Lorton Reformatory which, by a special Act of the Congress, was constructed outside the District in Northwest Virginia.