Key Facts

• Cole Allen is 31 years old and charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump and two gun-related crimes.
• He is held at the Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) in the D.C. jail complex, a facility that houses various detainees, including those from the January 6 cases.
• Allen is kept in a restrictive cell and under medical isolation with suicide watch for the first 72 hours, wearing a special suicide smock.
• A correctional officer monitors Allen 24/7 outside his cell, and he is on lockdown with limited privileges like receiving finger foods without utensils.
• He is allowed religious materials but has not requested any.
• Allen’s lawyers said he has no criminal record, works as a tutor, and is active in his church community, but he agreed to remain detained.
• His preliminary court hearing is scheduled for May 11, and efforts to ease his lockdown restrictions are being considered by the judge.
• The U.S. Marshals Service manages the detention contract with the D.C. Department of Corrections but does not release locations for high-profile inmates for security reasons.