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Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?

The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ferrari are the defending champions having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the…

Autosport

What is BoP? The regulation that's part of sports car racing

BoP is a part of how sports car racing is governed, but making sense of it is not always easy given much of it is hidden from the public domain. Manufacturers in the World Endurance Championship are even forbidden from discussing BoP, however some facts are still known. What is…

Autosport

Advocates Say the Justice Department Is Failing To Provide Relief to Women Who Were Abused in Prison

The Justice Department announced last year that it would expand a program to grant compassionate relief to federal inmates who've been sexually assaulted by staff.

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Peugeot receives biggest BoP break for Le Mans in WEC Hypercar class

The revised Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar introduced at the Imola WEC in April has received an 18kg weight break down to 1047kg while retaining the maximum power of 508kW (681bhp) at which it raced last time out at Spa in May.

Motorsport

Senate Democrats urge action to increase federal prison pay rates - Roll Call

A group of Senate Democrats have urged the federal prison system to request pay raises to address a staffing crisis within the system.

Roll Call

House Passes a Bill To Create Independent Oversight of the Troubled Federal Prison System

Staff shortages and chronic corruption have plagued the Bureau of Prisons for years, exposing inmates to abuse and whistleblowers to retaliation.

Reason

Peugeot claims unfair treatment in veiled BoP attack following WEC Spa

Jean-Marc Finot, the French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, told Autosport at Spa that “my feeling is that we are being treated unfairly”.

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Toyota expects Ferrari to remain quickest in Spa WEC despite BoP hit

David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, believes that its Italian rival will maintain at least some of the the advantage it showed last time out at Imola before tactical errors when it rained allowed the Japanese manufacturer to come through to win.

Motorsport

Ferrari takes BoP hit for Spa WEC round

Its 499P Le Mans Hypercar has had 12kg added to its minimum weight and its maximum power reduced by 4kW (5bhp) for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours, round three of the 2024 WEC.

Motorsport

Troubled Women's Prison In California Rapidly Shut Down

Troubled women's prison FCI Dublin in California to be shut down amid reports of mistreatment and abuse during inmate transfers.

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Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit

The French manufacturer has admitted surprise at the BoP for its Le Mans Hypercar, now known as the 9X8 2024, which will hit the track 31kg heavier and with 10kW (13bhp) less power than its predecessor did at the Qatar WEC season-opener in March.

Autosport

Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at Imola

Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have more…

Autosport

The Feds Will Close a Notorious California Prison Where Guards Abused Women with Impunity

In 2021, the Associated Press uncovered rampant sexual abuse at FCI Dublin. After three years of failing to fix the problem, the Bureau of Prisons is shutting it down.

Reason

US federal women’s prison plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse to close

Since 2021, eight employees of Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, charged with assaulting female prisoners

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Ferrari, Toyota receive biggest BoP breaks for WEC's Imola round

The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will race at a minimum weight of 1041kg, 34kg below the figure at which it competed in the WEC curtain-raiser in Qatar last month, and has had maximum power raised by 7kW (9bhp).

The Independent UK

Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse

A special master has been appointed for a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates

Roll Call

Congress cuts federal prison infrastructure funding - Roll Call

Congress cut back on infrastructure funding for the federal prison system in fiscal 2024 even though maintenance needs have ballooned.

The Guardian - US

Judge orders special master for California prison known for rampant sexual abuse

Several employees at the federal correctional institution in Dublin have pleaded guilty to abusing female inmates

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New WEC BoP created "to let the manufacturers race"

Automobile Club de l’Ouest competition director Thierry Bouvet made the claim when the Le Mans 24 Hours organiser and FIA, which jointly administer the WEC, went public on the revised BoP procedures ahead of this weekend’s Qatar 1812Km 2024 season-opener.

Roll Call

Senate Judiciary panel to hear about federal inmate deaths - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to question the head of the federal prison system after a scathing watchdog report on prisoner deaths.

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of deaths in US prisons linked to policy violations and failures – report

From 2014 to 2021, 187 people died by suicide, there were 89 homicides and 56 deaths deemed ‘accidental’ inside prisons

WEKU

DOJ watchdog finds 187 inmate suicides in federal prisons over 8-year period

The watchdog's reporting comes in the wake of several high-profile deaths in federal lockups in recent years, most notably the murder James "Whitey" Bulger and the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein.

WEKU

There is little scrutiny of 'natural' deaths behind bars

Autopsies are not required for federal prison deaths that are classified as natural. NPR found cases where medical neglect, poor prison conditions and a lack of resources contributed to these deaths.

WEKU

Lawmakers push for federal prison oversight after reports of inadequate medical care

Lawmakers are urging the federal Bureau of Prisons to address prisoner health care after an NPR investigation detailed the stories of prisoners nationwide going without needed medical care.

The Independent UK

High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons

Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe

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