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...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has instituted a new screening tool that includes question about whether inmates or staff members have traveled through any risk countries, had close contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 or been deployed to areas with the virus within two weeks. The tool, ob...
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...
the US Federal Bureau of Prisons, a client in Guyana, Astound Broadband's data center division in San Francisco, large multi-national general contractors - and others. USP&E would like to thank all of their clients for their support during such a challenging economic environment. USP&E: Powerin...
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...
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...
The executions will take place in the US penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Three executions are set for December and two for January. Other executions will take place later. Attorney general William P Barr said he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to adopt the execution protocol ...
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...
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...