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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 ...
Aryan Brotherhood members plucked from state prison into the federal system
The move ends nearly 18 months of litigation by one of the five men, who said he was looking forward to the change of scenery ...
Trump moves to reopen prisons and shuttered immigrant detention facilities for ICE
Two prison corporations and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved quickly to prepare facilities to hold immigrants in ...
The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...
Trump touts 'very strong' Alcatraz as Bureau of Prisons assessing reopening prison
Bureau of Prisons director said it will "vigorously" pursue "all avenues to support and implement" the Trump's agenda after ...
Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. What about WA’s federal island prison?
Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal ...
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Why We Still Don’t Have Enough Solid Data on Pregnancy in Prison
Here’s what to know about the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ findings on reproductive issues in state and federal prisons.
A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future
One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...
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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious ...