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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

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

The Independent UK

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

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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

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

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

Biden's New Bureau of Prisons Director Won't be Able To Run Away From the Agency's Corruption

The federal prison system is plagued by corruption and civil rights abuses.

Reason

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Prisons chief deflects blame for failures, angering senators

With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal prison system faced a bipartisan onslaught Tuesday as he refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years

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Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify

The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency

The Independent UK

Oregon's prison chief in lead for top federal prisons job

Colette Peters, who runs Oregon’s prison system, has emerged as the leading contender to run the federal prison system

The Independent UK

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

Abuse-clouded prison gets attention, but will things change?

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women’s prison in California

The Independent UK

Abuse-clouded prison gets attention, but will things change?

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women's prison in California

The Independent UK

Warden at Epstein jail quietly retires amid federal probe

The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February

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