The director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons will resign after less than two years in the bureau’s top position in the wake of corruption and … [Read more...]
Federal officials review housing policies for transgender prisoners
Federal prison officials are reviewing transgender housing in the wake of rollbacks imposed during the Trump administration, The Associated Press … [Read more...]
Federal prison system severely understaffed
Juan Ramon Rodriguez-Barbosa, 47 years old, hung himself and died on May 26 at FCI Mendota, a medium-security prison west of Fresno. Rodriguez-Barbosa … [Read more...]
Sovereign citizen avoids paying taxes and ends up in contempt
A tax protester has been held in federal prison for contempt of court more than a year after he refused to respond to an IRS summons, the Dallas News … [Read more...]
Damaging effects on female prisoners’ care and critical services
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by staff shortages that are having damaging effects on female prisoners’ care and critical services, re- ported … [Read more...]