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Reason Files FOIA Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons for Inmate Death Records

Reason reported in 2020 on allegations of fatal medical neglect inside two federal women's prisons. The Bureau of Prisons heavily redacted reports that would show if women died of inadequate care.

Reason

One of the deadliest federal prison units is closing

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

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Prisoners were poisoned for days by carbon monoxide at federal prison in West Virginia, Baltimore law firm says

Carbon monoxide gas leaked into a West Virginia prison for days in August 2021, triggering alarms and, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month, poisoning people incarcerated in the facility.

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Daughter of murdered Scot David Haines left furious as dad's abductor 'disappears' from US prison system

Bethany Haines was forced to make urgent enquiries with US justice sources to get reassurance that he was still detained somewhere in the USA.

Daily Record

ISIS Beatle VANISHES from US jail system - sparking fury from family of Brit victim

Bethany Haines, whose father David was beheaded in Syria, has had to seek reassurance from US justice sources that IS 'Beatle' Alexanda Kotey was still detained somewhere in America.

Daily Mirror

Feds outline new plan for inmates to pay victim restitution

The Justice Department is proposing changes to how it runs federal prisoners’ deposit accounts in an effort to make sure victims are paid restitution, including from some high-profile inmates with large balances

The Independent UK

Criminals using drones to drop drugs onto prison grounds

DALLAS — Shortly before midnight on May 4, 2022, a drone buzzed over a Fort Worth federal prison, carrying a package.

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Bill forcing feds to fix prison cameras is signed into law

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras

The Independent UK

Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison at 89

Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in federal custody at the age of 89

The Independent UK

Prisons chief: Official who beat inmates deserves 2nd chance

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance

The Independent UK

Judge rules against Oklahoma in attempt to execute inmate

A federal judge in Texas has rejected Oklahoma's attempt to have a federal prisoner transferred to state custody so he can be executed

The Independent UK

Senators want answers in wake of AP’s prison investigations

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s

The Independent UK

AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

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

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AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

Daily Mirror

Infamous cartel killer 'La Barbie' who decapitated victims 'missing' from US prison

Edgar Valdez-Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', was captured by Mexican authorities after a fierce gunfight before being extradited to the US where he was sentenced to 49 years in prison

The Independent UK

Ex-prison warden convicted of sexually abusing inmates

The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California where inmates said they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse was convicted of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells

The Independent UK

Watchdog finds many failures before Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's inspector general has found a series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the 2018 beating death of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger

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The Independent UK

Mexico questions US on whereabouts of notorious drug lord nicknamed ‘La Barbie’

“Over the course of the day or tomorrow everything will be known,” Mexico’s president said during a press conference this week

The Independent UK

Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegations

The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” is going on trial

WEKU

A proposed prison in Letcher County reopens old divides

The Independent UK

Feds to review security after inmate tried to shoot visitor

Officials will begin assessing security protocols at federal prison camps across the U.S. after an inmate obtained a gun and tried to shoot a visitor in the head at a prison camp in Arizona

The Independent UK

Federal inmate tried to shoot visitor at Arizona prison camp

A federal prison inmate was able to obtain a firearm at a prison in Arizona and then pulled it out in a visitation room and pointed it at a visitor’s head

WEKU

Guards who sexually abuse inmates haven't been punished harshly enough, DOJ memo says

The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.

Reason

Dungeons & Dragons is Apparently Banned in Federal Prisons

State prisons around the country ban the roleplaying game, too, because of bizarre concerns about gang behavior and security threats.

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