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

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

WEKU · Oct 5, 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

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Bill Introduced To Bring Independent Oversight to Federal Prison System

The Federal Prison Oversight Act would create an independent ombudsman to investigate complaints about the Bureau of Prisons, something prison advocacy groups have long called for.

Reason · Sep 30, 2022

Policies to roll back abortion rights will hit incarcerated people particularly hard, advocates say

Policies governing abortion and reproductive health care services in U.S. prisons and jails were restrictive and often hostile even before the Supreme Court removed Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for abortions. After the June ruling, many reproductive services stand to be prohibited altogether, putting the health of incarcerated women who…

Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022

Released during COVID, some people are sent back to prison with little or no warning

"Where is the fairness?" One mother was sent back after a single failed drug test, and her family's life has now been turned upside down for more than a year.

WEKU · Aug 22, 2022

Ex-cop Lane will report to Colorado prison in Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, has been ordered to report to a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado in two weeks

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

Senate to hold hearing on crisis-plagued federal prisons

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to hold an oversight hearing on the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press reported that the agency is keeping its embattled ex-director on the payroll as an adviser to his successor

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

US keeping ex-prison chief as top adviser after rocky tenure

The federal Bureau of Prisons is keeping its former director on the payroll as an adviser to his successor, at least for a short time

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

Garland swears in new US prisons chief in push for reform

Attorney General Merrick Garland has sworn in the new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, as the Biden administration looks to reform the beleaguered agency

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Federal Government Under Fire Over Conditions at Atlanta Federal Prison

Senators allege Bureau of Prisons officials turned a blind eye to rapidly deteriorating conditions at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta.

Reason · Aug 2, 2022