District of Columbia Department of Corrections
The District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DCDC) is a correctional agency responsible for the adult jails and other adult correctional institutions in the District of Columbia. DCDC runs the D.C. Jail.
History
The DOC was first established as an agency in 1946, when the District Jail (built 1872) was combined with the Lorton Correctional Complex. The latter began as a workhouse for male prisoners in 1910, but later expanded to include eight prisons on 3,000 acres (12 km2) of land in Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia.
In 1999 the DCDC was paying the Virginia Department of Corrections to house 69 prisoners at the Red Onion State Prison.
Operations
The DOC operates the Central Detention Facility (DC Jail) with an inmate capacity of 2,164. The DC Jail houses adult males; the DC Jail includes pre-trial prisoners, convicted misdemeanants, and convicted felons who are going to be transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The current DC Jail opened in 1976.
DCDC2
Doublecortin domain-containing protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DCDC2 gene.
Function
This gene encodes a protein with two doublecortin peptide domains. This domain has been demonstrated to bind tubulin and enhance microtubule polymerization.
Clinical significance
Mutations in this gene have been associated with reading disability (RD), also referred to as developmental dyslexia.
Changes in the DCDC2 gene are frequently found among dyslexics. Altered alleles often occur among children with reading and writing difficulties. The gene appears to have a strong linkage with the processing of speech information when writing.
