The history of the first federal women's prison, which opened in West Virginia in 1928. Director Scott Paddor Writer Scott Paddor Composers Zeljko Marasovich | Christopher L. Stone Editors Michael W. Andrews | Michael Hall See all filmmakers & crew (51) Status Edit Released Updated...
The program helps to make prisoners better qualified to find a job after they are released and seeks to fill what was seen as a gap in the existing system: there were already vocational programs which taught job skills in prison, but there was no assistance given to facilitate the transition...
We often get asked if can you earn money in prison –the answer is yes, but it’s not much. Prisoners with jobs are paid according to one of three scales, each depending on the department in question. Most prisoners are paid according to the Inmate Performance Payscale, which is as fol...
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If a federal inmate has the will to improve their mind, the Federal Bureau of Prisons will usually provide the means. The criminal justice community has little positive to say about the federal prison system’s educational efforts. At best, many call inmate education substandard; at worst, a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An inmate who was transferred to one of the most secure federal prison facilities in the U.S. was stabbed to death within hours of arriving, raising fresh questions about the government’s ability to keep prisoners safe amid severe und
“The only reasonable finding is that it was therefore an “authorized item” in (Fischer’s) possession,” Zinn says in the decision released Monday. The ruling also finds corrections officials wrongly interpreted two key provisions of a directive regarding the type of property each inmat...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the Bureau of Prisons has been subject to s...
Here is my "Fish List" of whatI DIDN'T WANTto happen to me while in prison: I DON'T WANT to get picked on, beaten up, ganged up on or sexually assaulted...ever! I don't want the embarrassment of someone looking me up on an "inmate locator" ...
It is also the second major incident at the Tucson federal prison in a little over a year. In November 2022, an inmate at the facility's low-security prison camp pulled out a gun and attempted to shoot a visitor in the head. The weapon, which the inmate shouldn'...