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Republican bill targets migrants who re-enter US illegally with mandatory 10-year sentences

Critics of new GOP act say it is a ‘mass incarceration bill’ that forces harsh penalties on migrants for a non-violent offense

The Guardian - US

Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers

The federal Bureau of Prisons it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees

The Independent UK

The View hosts slam ‘incompetent’ FBI director Kash Patel over Senate hearing outburst

The FBI director faced questions over the Charlie Kirk investigation, Jeffrey Epstein files, and mass firings

The Independent UK

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‘Wrongly injected’ Pardoned J6 rioter says he slowly became a woman in prison, and doctors are to blame

He alleges "forced medical experimentation."

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Maxwell does not believe that Epstein died by suicide, but has no idea who killed him, testimony reveals

Epstein’s convicted accomplice believes the idea his death was ordered out of fear of blackmail is ‘ludicrous’ when there was plenty of opportunity to kill him before he was jailed

The Independent UK

‘Highly unusual’: A prison director just went on the record about Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘luxury’ new home

Why would a rich person with dirt on the powerful get moved to a relaxed prison?

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‘It’s not a coincidence’: after Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison move … what next?

Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking accomplice was sent to a minimum security facility after meeting a top DoJ official who is Trump’s ex-attorney – experts say ‘this is not the end’

The Guardian - US

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Epstein Accomplice Maxwell Moved To Minimum Security Texas Prison

Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a prison in Florida to a minimum security facility in Texas, the Bureau of Prisons said Friday, triggering an angry reaction from some of their victims.

International Business Times

FBI, DOJ Have Video With Missing Minute From Epstein Jail Video, Report Claims

The FBI and the DOJ have a copy including a minute missing from the footage showing the area outside Jeffrey Epstein's cell the day before his death, according to a new report

Latin Times

Ex-Trump Prison Official Questions 'Alligator Alcatraz' Design: 'Not How We Would Run a Facility'

Former prison officials and attorneys questioned and even condemned the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

Latin Times

Suspect linked to California fertility clinic bombing has died in federal custody

Daniel Park, 32, was accused of shipping around 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to the bombing suspect

The Independent UK

R. Kelly Hospitalised After 'Murder Attempt': Claims Prison Officials Want Him Silenced Over Corruption

Before overdosing R. Kelly, lawyers claimed that the prison staff planned to murder him by soliciting other inmates to kill singer.

International Business Times UK

Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to 'avoid more extreme measures,' director says

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to guard inmates

The Independent UK

Quick Facts About Alcatraz Prison: When Did It Close, Famous Prisoners and Why Trump Wants To Reopen It

President Trump proposes restoring the infamous island prison to house dangerous criminals, raising questions about practicality and purpose

International Business Times UK

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The Independent UK

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months

Reason

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.

The Guardian - US

Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’

Plan to expand and reuse long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy Pelosi

Euronews

Trump says he wants to reopen and expand infamous Alcatraz prison

The notorious jail on a hard-to-reach island off San Francisco has been closed for more than 60 years.

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International Business Times

Trump Orders Alcatraz Prison Re-opening, X Users Blast 'Psychotic Emperor Phase'

President Trump on Sunday ordered the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, which has been closed since the 1960s, but many X users are against the infamous prison's revival.

International Business Times

Trump Orders Rebuilding And Reopening Of Defunct US Prison Alcatraz

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on a small island in California that closed six decades ago.

Evening Standard

Donald Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

US President says facility, which once held famed gangster Al Capone, will 'house America's most ruthless and violent offenders’

The Independent UK

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that has been closed for more than 60 years

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried is moved out of New York City prison and half way across the country

Lawyers for the FTX founder had requested Bankman-Fried be transferred to a prison closer to his parents in California

The Independent UK

Transgender women moved to male prisons despite rulings against Trump order

One transgender woman was transferred to a male facility despite having had gender-affirming surgeries before her sentence

The Independent UK

Trump administration officially rescinds rules protecting transgender inmates despite ongoing lawsuits

Administration’s plans to move transgender women to men’s prison wings are paused due to lawsuits

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