250? 400?
Who knows? A very important part of a Banana Republic like the US is to keep the number of political prisoners a secret.
The public does not need to know.
Prayers for the people's safety and that they be released soon. (It has been reported that conditions in the prison are really bad.)
Justice is such a joke now. It doesn't exist.
my very cursory assessment suggests that at most, around 250 people remain in custody.
Even at that, it is a travesty. Judges who went along with this charade should be charged with misuse of their office.
Personal story, I was looking for a guy one time regarding a fraud. Checked the local city PD and found he had been arrested for bookmaking about 30 days prior. I noted the arrest sheet did not show a court appearance and asked why not. Response, unusual but don’t know. Went off to city jail and found him in the lock up. He had not been before a judge and had been “lost in the system” for a month. I raised the issue and the guy was released on bond within a day.
As big a bum as this guy was, it was not just nor right but the upshot was no one did anything about it because it was not a popular issue. The guy was a BMA, today the entire city would be on fire. IMO, the court system in DC should be on fire today over this.