Reopening Alcatraz Is an Expensive, Unnecessary Pipe Dream The Bureau of Prisons is struggling to staff the prisons it currently operates. Reopening Alcatraz would be unrealistic and redundant. Reason · May 5, 2025
Moldy food, used underwear: inside the US prisons where Trump is jailing immigrants As Trump dramatically expands detention, immigrants are moved to notorious penitentiaries where they report horrific conditions The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
Will the DTM’s BoP be a setback for BMW in Oschersleben? Last year, SRO Head of Engineering Claude Surmont, who is responsible for the Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM, showed that he is not afraid to get a grip on cars like the Porsche 911 GT3 R via the ride height in 2024. This left the Manthey team's heads… Motorsport · Apr 24, 2025
Why Imola WEC podium battle was just the tonic sportscar racing needs Sometimes I wonder what I’m watching when I travel the world to report on international sportscar racing. Not motor racing as I knew it, I'm prone to moan. It has become too controlled, too choreographed, if you like. I’m thinking Balance of Performance, strict limits on car development, convoluted safety… Autosport · Apr 22, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried sent to ‘notoriously hard’ prison in California, then low-security facility in LA The former CEO of FTX wanted to stay in Brooklyn as his appeal wound its way through the courts. Fortune · Apr 10, 2025
Bill Would Require Federal Prisons To Notify Families of Serious Illness and Death Families described not being told their loved one was in the hospital or even when they had died. Reason · Apr 10, 2025
Gary Watkins: Are the tentacles of the WEC BoP dumbing down the racing? No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world. Autosport · Mar 13, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars serving a 25-year sentence. So how is he conducting a media blitz? The former FTX CEO spoke with Tucker Carlson from prison in early March. Fortune · Mar 12, 2025
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’ The Guardian - US · Mar 7, 2025
Federal prisons holding hundreds of immigration detainees - Roll Call An agency official told House lawmakers the federal prisons are holding about 700 immigration detainees as of Wednesday morning. Roll Call · Feb 26, 2025
Ferrari gets weight break under WEC Qatar BoP Ferrari and Toyota will go to the grid for this month’s Qatar World Endurance Championship season-opener significantly lighter than 12 months ago when they both proved uncompetitive. Autosport · Feb 20, 2025
Federal correctional officers driven to ask Congress for a raise - Roll Call Employees in the federal Bureau of Prisons came to Washington this week to urge members of Congress to boost their pay. Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025
Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2025
BOP Director Resigns, Private Prison Phase-Out Repealed Learn about the recent changes in the Federal Bureau of Prisons leadership and policy regarding private prisons. Top News · Jan 22, 2025
The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2024 Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’ Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff
The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2024 US Bureau of Prisons pays ‘historic’ $115m to survivors of staff sexual abuse Payout settles claims of abuse and retaliation at women’s prison in Dublin, California, now permanently closed
The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2024 US shuts down prisons amid scrutiny over sexual abuse and crisis of suicides Bureau of Prisons closes California facility and suspends operations at six others as rights activists call for clemency
Reason · Nov 19, 2024 The Bureau of Prisons' Casual Cruelty to Families of Those Who Die Behind Bars Families whose loved ones died in federal prisons describe outrageous delays in being notified, ignored phone calls, and troubling discrepancies in the official reports.
Motorsport · Sep 30, 2024 Audi squad calls for DTM to ensure 'fair sporting' opportunity in BoP attack Audi squad Abt Sportline has called on the DTM to ensure "equality of opportunity" in next month's Hockenheim finale after feeling it was let down by BoP at the Red Bull Ring.
Autosport · Sep 30, 2024 Audi squad calls for DTM to ensure “fair sporting” opportunity in BoP attack Audi squad Abt Sportline has called on the DTM to ensure “equality of opportunity” in next month’s Hockenheim finale after feeling it was let down by BoP at the Red Bull Ring.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024 Jazz Conversations review – breezy tribute to Miles Davis The Body of People Jazz Theatre Company brings together a rich programme, including a celebration of the great trumpeter
Reason · Sep 9, 2024 Federal Judge Rules Inmate Death Records Can Remain Secret Because They Could Embarrass Prison Officials The Reason Foundation filed a FOIA lawsuit last year seeking reviews of deaths at two federal women's prisons with numerous allegations of medical neglect.
Reason · Sep 6, 2024 A Federal Prison Was Warned About Synthetic Marijuana. Then Inmates Started Overdosing. "We are living in pure chaos," an incarcerated woman at a federal prison in Minnesota tells Reason following a string of suspected overdoses.
Motorsport · Jul 16, 2024 Toyota issued suspended €10,000 fine for WEC BoP comments Toyota has been hit with a suspended €10,000 fine for comments made by race director Rob Leupen on the World Endurance Championship's Balance of Performance, in contravention of series regulations.
Autosport · Jul 16, 2024 Toyota issued suspended WEC fine for BOP comments Toyota has been hit with a suspended €10,000 fine for comments made by race director Rob Leupen on the World Endurance Championship's Balance of Performance, in contravention of series regulations.