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Criminals using drones to drop drugs onto prison grounds

DALLAS — Shortly before midnight on May 4, 2022, a drone buzzed over a Fort Worth federal prison, carrying a package.

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

Bill forcing feds to fix prison cameras is signed into law

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison at 89

Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in federal custody at the age of 89

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

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Prisons chief: Official who beat inmates deserves 2nd chance

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Judge rules against Oklahoma in attempt to execute inmate

A federal judge in Texas has rejected Oklahoma's attempt to have a federal prisoner transferred to state custody so he can be executed

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Senators want answers in wake of AP’s prison investigations

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

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The story so far: AP's investigation into federal prisons

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Infamous cartel killer 'La Barbie' who decapitated victims 'missing' from US prison

Edgar Valdez-Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', was captured by Mexican authorities after a fierce gunfight before being extradited to the US where he was sentenced to 49 years in prison

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Ex-prison warden convicted of sexually abusing inmates

The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California where inmates said they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse was convicted of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Watchdog finds many failures before Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's inspector general has found a series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the 2018 beating death of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Mexico questions US on whereabouts of notorious drug lord nicknamed ‘La Barbie’

“Over the course of the day or tomorrow everything will be known,” Mexico’s president said during a press conference this week

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegations

The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” is going on trial

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

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WEKU · Nov 23, 2022

A proposed prison in Letcher County reopens old divides

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Feds to review security after inmate tried to shoot visitor

Officials will begin assessing security protocols at federal prison camps across the U.S. after an inmate obtained a gun and tried to shoot a visitor in the head at a prison camp in Arizona

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Federal inmate tried to shoot visitor at Arizona prison camp

A federal prison inmate was able to obtain a firearm at a prison in Arizona and then pulled it out in a visitation room and pointed it at a visitor’s head

WEKU · Nov 3, 2022

Guards who sexually abuse inmates haven't been punished harshly enough, DOJ memo says

The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.

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Reason · Nov 2, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons is Apparently Banned in Federal Prisons

State prisons around the country ban the roleplaying game, too, because of bizarre concerns about gang behavior and security threats.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

New US prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system

The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons has pledged to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates and reform the agency’s archaic hiring practices

Salon · Oct 19, 2022

Will Biden fix our federal prisons?

Frederick Bardell wasn't much of a hero — but no convict deserves a death sentence by slow medical torture

Reason · Oct 17, 2022

Justice Department Inspector General Launches Investigation Into Inmate Death Following Judge's Contempt Order

Reason first reported last week on the scathing contempt order, which said the Bureau of Prisons should be "deeply ashamed" of its conduct.

Reason · Oct 10, 2022

Judge Holds Federal Bureau of Prisons in Contempt for Allowing Man To Waste Away From Untreated Cancer

A federal judge wrote that the Bureau of Prisons should be "deeply ashamed" of medical delays that resulted in a man dying from treatable cancer.

WEKU · Oct 5, 2022

There’s a new plan for a prison in Letcher County, and public comment opens soon

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

2 guilty of violating Floyd's rights to begin federal term

Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday

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