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The change, which took effect Friday, is part of a modest easing of restrictions at the jail, where the D.C. Department of Corrections imposed a tough confinement regimen at the start of the pandemic. Compared with steps taken at other detention facilities in the country, the measures adopted for the District’s approximately 1,500 prisoners were severe and protracted.