‘Different From Any Other Jail In America’: A January 6 Prisoner Speaks Out

Jacob Lang, who was arrested for his role in the January 6, 2020 Capitol riot 10 days later and has remained in jail since, says he spent 200 days in solitary confinement, with 23 hours a day alone in a cell.

But now 40 of the January 6 defendants – all males – are housed together in a special “pod” at the D.C. jail, where the “environment is different from any other jail in America,” he says.

“I’m in the pod with 40 other patriot men, we’re hanging tough,” he...