In A First, A Man At The D.C. Jail Just Won A Local Election | DCist

In A First, A Man At The D.C. Jail Just Won A Local Election | DCist: There’s a new elected official in D.C. — and he lives inside the D.C. Jail. Joel Caston won an unprecedented election on Tuesday for a seat on a Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commission, besting four other candidates who are also incarcerated in the jail. Caston received 48 votes, or 33% of the 142 votes that were cast — all but one of them by residents of the jail. “It’s winning Wednesday,” says Caston during an interview from the jail. “[I feel] like a representative. It’s a good feeling, but also a sense of responsibility.”