The D.C. Corrections Information Council estimates that 40 people at Hope Village do not have housing and will be sent back to a BOP facility if they can’t find accommodations.

During 25 years in prison, David Bailey was written up for one argument and one physical fight, but for the most part, his record was clean. He taught himself to read and write and earned his GED. Despite his life sentence, he enrolled in programs aimed at rehabilitation and he tried to provide his two…