District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is the local government agency responsible for operating the jail and detention facilities and overseeing the custody and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T253960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: District of Columbia Department of Corrections Context triple: [Government of the District of Columbia, hasAgency, District of Columbia Department of Corrections]
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A.
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and detention facilities, supervising offenders, and overseeing public safety and correctional programs in Maryland.
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B.
District of Columbia Department of Public Works
The District of Columbia Department of Public Works is the municipal agency responsible for services such as trash and recycling collection, street and alley cleaning, parking enforcement, and related public space maintenance in Washington, D.C.
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C.
District of Columbia Department of Human Services
The District of Columbia Department of Human Services is the city’s primary social services agency, responsible for providing assistance and support programs to low-income individuals and families in Washington, D.C.
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D.
District of Columbia Department of Health
The District of Columbia Department of Health is the municipal public health agency responsible for protecting and promoting the health and well-being of residents and visitors in Washington, D.C.
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E.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is the municipal agency responsible for providing fire protection, emergency medical care, and rescue services throughout Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: District of Columbia Department of Corrections Target entity description: The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is the local government agency responsible for operating the jail and detention facilities and overseeing the custody and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
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A.
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and detention facilities, supervising offenders, and overseeing public safety and correctional programs in Maryland.
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B.
District of Columbia Department of Public Works
The District of Columbia Department of Public Works is the municipal agency responsible for services such as trash and recycling collection, street and alley cleaning, parking enforcement, and related public space maintenance in Washington, D.C.
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C.
District of Columbia Department of Human Services
The District of Columbia Department of Human Services is the city’s primary social services agency, responsible for providing assistance and support programs to low-income individuals and families in Washington, D.C.
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D.
District of Columbia Department of Health
The District of Columbia Department of Health is the municipal public health agency responsible for protecting and promoting the health and well-being of residents and visitors in Washington, D.C.
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E.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is the municipal agency responsible for providing fire protection, emergency medical care, and rescue services throughout Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corrections department
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DC DOC ⓘ |
| appliesPolicy |
District of Columbia laws and regulations
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local corrections policies ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
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Federal Bureau of Prisons ⓘ Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
civilian staff
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correctional officers ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
custody of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
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public safety in the District of Columbia ⓘ rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| industry |
corrections
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criminal justice ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
District of Columbia
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| operates |
Central Detention Facility
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Correctional Treatment Facility ⓘ District of Columbia Department of Corrections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
District of Columbia Jail
|
| parentOrganization |
Government of the District of Columbia
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surface form:
District of Columbia government
|
| partOf | District of Columbia public safety agencies ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating with D.C. Superior Court regarding detainees
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coordinating with federal agencies regarding D.C. inmates in federal custody ⓘ coordinating with the U.S. Marshals Service regarding detainees ⓘ custody of sentenced misdemeanants in Washington, D.C. ⓘ detention of pretrial detainees in Washington, D.C. ⓘ ensuring safety of staff and inmates in D.C. jail facilities ⓘ inmate classification ⓘ inmate housing ⓘ inmate programs and services ⓘ inmate transportation within the District of Columbia ⓘ intake and release processing for D.C. jail inmates ⓘ maintaining inmate records for D.C. jail population ⓘ maintaining jail security in Washington, D.C. ⓘ operation of jail facilities in Washington, D.C. ⓘ providing access to medical services for inmates through contracted providers ⓘ providing access to mental health services for inmates through contracted providers ⓘ reentry preparation for incarcerated individuals ⓘ short-term incarceration in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceArea | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| uses |
detention facilities
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jail facilities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: District of Columbia Department of Corrections Description of subject: The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is the local government agency responsible for operating the jail and detention facilities and overseeing the custody and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Government of the District of Columbia
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hasAgency
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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operates
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
District of Columbia Jail
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
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coordinatesWith
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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this entity surface form:
District of Columbia correctional system
this entity surface form:
District of Columbia jail system
District of Columbia public safety agencies
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includesAgency
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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District of Columbia public safety agencies
→
primaryCorrectionsAgency
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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District of Columbia health and human services system
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hasPart
→
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
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this entity surface form:
Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia