Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal …
WEBJul 10, 2024 · FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., Monday, March 11, 2024. Two advocacy groups on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, asked a judge to unseal court records and preserve public access to hearings in the class action lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons over sexual abuse of incarcerated women at a now-shuttered California prison.
Feds face trial over prison guards' abuse of ... - Associated Press News
WEBMay 22, 2024 · OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison sexually abused incarcerated women, a judge ordered Wednesday.
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of federal Bureau of Prisons …
WEBJul 11, 2024 · The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.
Inside the Bureau of Prisons, a federal agency plagued by ... - CBS News
WEBJun 16, 2024 · The United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the world. Serial killers and terrorists...
Warden ousted as FBI searches California federal women's prison | AP News
WEBMar 12, 2024 · The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes of evidence from the facility in an apparent escalation of a yearslong investigation that put a former warden and other employees behind bars for sexually abusing inmates.
DOJ watchdog finds major issues at a federal prison in Oregon : NPR
WEBMay 22, 2024 · The shortage among the biggest obstacles facing the federal prison system and contribute to challenges at FCI Sheridan and other facilities, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
Ex-federal prison guard sentenced to 8 years in sex abuse scandal
WEBNov 17, 2023 · Andrew Jones, 36, of Clovis, sexually abused multiple female inmates at Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin, California, known as FCI Dublin, the U.S. attorney’s office for the region...
Federal Bureau of Prisons to close California women's prison - USA TODAY
WEBApr 17, 2024 · 1:23. A Northern California women's prison that has been under scrutiny and investigation over allegations of systemic sexual abuse will close despite efforts to reform the facility's culture of...
DOJ watchdog report finds chronic failures by Bureau of Prisons ... - CNN
WEBFeb 16, 2024 · The report found that recurring failures within the Bureau of Prisons, such as inaccurate mental health screenings or prison staff missing inmate rounds, led to inmates dying in federal custody.
DOJ OIG Releases an Inspection of the BOP’s Federal Correctional ...
WEB5 days ago · Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of an inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Lewisburg, a medium-security male prison in Pennsylvania with an adjacent male minimum-security prison camp. The on-site inspection, which occurred ...