Cole Allen being held inside D.C. jail complex, source says

Cole Allen, the California antheral charged successful the attack astatine the White House Correspondents' Dinner implicit the weekend, is being detained astatine the Correctional Treatment Facility astatine the D.C. jailhouse complex, a instrumentality enforcement root confirmed to CBS News. This is the aforesaid installation that antecedently housed many Jan. 6 defendants and is simply a newer installation than the main jail.  

The CTF, operated by the D.C. Department of Corrections, holds men, women and juveniles charged arsenic adults.

Allen, 31, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump and 2 firearms-related offenses stemming from the shooting connected Saturday night. He has not yet entered a plea to the charges.

Allen is being held successful a restrictive compartment successful aesculapian isolation, which is modular protocol, the instrumentality enforcement root said. Corrections protocol requires that Allen beryllium held nether termination ticker for the archetypal 72 hours successful a greenish termination smock portion helium is assessed. A lawyer for Allen told the tribunal Thursday that helium is being held successful a "safe cell" nether 24-hour lockdown. 

Also, according to the source, a D.C. correctional serviceman is posted extracurricular Allen's compartment doorway 24/7 portion helium is nether observation. During this period, helium is nether strict reflection with nary entree to extracurricular materials. Allen is brought digit foods connected a tray and is not allowed utensils, the root said. He's allowed to ablution each 72 hours. Allen is besides allowed spiritual materials successful his cell, specified arsenic a Bible oregon Quran. He has not requested immoderate spiritual materials, according to the source.

File photograph of the Washington, D.C., jail. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

The D.C. Department of Corrections says connected its website that the installation consists of 5 separate, multi-story buildings situated instantly adjacent to each other, truthful the installation presents arsenic 1 ample structure. Housing units wrong the CTF scope from 16 to 48 cells with a maximum capableness of 96 beds per unit. It is simply a abstracted operation from D.C.'s main jail. 

The U.S. Marshals Service, which manages national pretrial detainees, has a declaration with the D.C. Department of Corrections, the instrumentality enforcement root said. The U.S. Marshals Service says connected its website that it has contracts with astir 1,200 authorities and section governments to rent jailhouse abstraction to location much than 63,000 pretrial detainees. 

The U.S. Marshals said it doesn't merchandise detention locations for high-profile prisoners owed to information concerns.

CBS News has reached retired to the D.C. Department of Corrections.

Allen has been compliant since his arrival, the instrumentality enforcement root said. 

During an quality successful national tribunal Thursday, Allen's attorneys told the justice that helium agreed to stay detained successful the lead-up to his trial. A preliminary proceeding is acceptable for May 11.

His attorneys had argued successful a filing Wednesday that  Allen was "gainfully employed" arsenic a tutor, is simply a "devout Christian" who "dutifully" attends religion and is an "active participant" successful his spiritual community. They said helium has nary transgression past and is college-educated, and that those factors measurement successful favour of release.

After telling the justice that Allen alternatively agreed to stay detained, his attorney, Tezira Abe, asked the justice to bid the jailhouse to assistance his lockdown restrictions. The justice said she did not person the authorization to override the judgement of the jailhouse but would judge briefs connected the matter.

Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.