News and updates about US Bureau Of Prisons US announces end of private prison use A Justice Dept report indicates that private prisons are less safe, and less effective, than federal prisons, citing riots and contraband.
The Bureau of Prisons and the correctional workers union have repeatedly pushed for additional federal prison funding, highlighting what they say is an inadequate amount of money to address pay increases, staff retention and a multibillion-dollar repair backlog. More than half of federal prison faci...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is finishing up a one-year federal prison sentence arising from the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades.According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Blankenship was set to be released Wednesday from a halfway house...
“I am humbled by and grateful for this recognition,” Gruver shares, “I think more than anything else though, this award is a direct reflection not of me or my leadership, but of the caliber of people with whom God has surrounded me at USP&E. The economy of the late 2000's was b...
Eddie Conway:How widespread is this? You pointed out a few states and I know it’s also probably in the Federal Bureau of Prisons also. How widespread is this ban? Is it growing? Is there resistance? Is there pushback? What? Alex Skopic:Yeah, it’s scarily widespread. It’s way mor...
The screening has since been updated to include COVID-19, not only in Philadelphia, but also in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Chicago and other cities. No prisons have yet obtained the medical kits to test for the virus, however. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has instituted a new screening tool...
Federal Bureau of Prisons Wikimedia Commons Public Domain 4 He Was One Of The First Prisoners At Alcatraz Alcatraz was a maximum-security prison that had recently opened in San Fransisco Bay intended for violent criminals and those who had disciplinary problems. Though Capone wasn't a troublemak...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons notified attorneys for Dustin John Higgs on Thursday that their client had...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is a federal agency responsible for enforcing laws, protecting individuals' civil rights, and ensuring our country's safety. It works on many different issues such as asset forfeiture, environment and natural resources, prisons, national security, investigations, and ...
FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Director of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the U.S Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice and director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal, according to a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry...