Subject: Federal Criminal Practice Committee: Testimony of David Patton

From: To: Cc: Subject: Federal Criminal Practice Committee: Testimony of David Patton Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:16:02 +0000 Attachments: Patton_Testimony_House_BOP_FSA_Oversight_Hearing_with_Exhibits_A-B.pdf Attached from yesterday's Federal Bar Council committee meeting is Congressional testimony that will be released tomorrow by David Patton before the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, which is conducting an oversight hearing on the BOP and on the implementation of the First Step Act. Patton's testimony, which runs twelve pages, discusses among other things conditions at the MCC and MDC, particularly this winter's power outage at the MDC, and, briefly, suicide at the MCC, with mention of Jeffrey Epstein. At one point, Patton's testimony is somewhat critical of the Office, contrasting out case against Rikers Island to his allegation that "the office has never done anything about the MCC." (Page 5). Patton discusses the IG Report, which he says failed to "discuss MDC's officials lies" concerning the MDC power outage. Patton says there has been "no real accountability" and points out that Warden Quay was promoted. I will attempt to view David's testimony if it is available on C-Span. EFTA00094034