Federal prisons
A Fleet of Prison Buses Is Being Deployed to Move Haitian Migrants
“We don’t do humanitarian stuff,” said one Bureau of Prisons staffer after at least 100 “bus crew” officers were quietly sent to the border.
‘I Begged Them To Let Me Die’: How Federal Prisons Became Coronavirus Death Traps
Prisons quarantined sick and healthy inmates together and continued moving prisoners and staff around facilities as the outbreak spread.
Inside the Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak at Oakdale Federal Prison
“I just feel like we were all let down,” said one prisoner. At least 39 staff and 113 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff source.
Federal Prison Staff Say the Government Is ‘Getting Hustled’ with Bogus Coronavirus Masks
“The quality is terrible,” said one federal prison staffer of the KN95 he received. “I don’t even know where they got ’em from.”
Inmates Revolted Against a Federal Prison's Coronavirus Response. They Got Tear-Gassed.
Five people have died from COVID-19 at FCI Oakdale I in Louisiana.
Prisoner Uses Smuggled Cellphone to Beg for Help With Coronavirus on Facebook Live
“They literally leaving us in here to die,” says Aaron Campbell, an inmate at a federal prison where three people have died from COVID-19.
Inside the Federal Prison That's ‘Ground Zero’ For the Coronavirus Outbreak
Coronavirus is spreading across the Bureau of Prisons, already killing one inmate in Louisiana and threatening to overwhelm local hospitals.
US Senators Have Finally Reached a Deal to Overhaul the Criminal Justice System
The bill would start to roll back the harsh federal sentencing laws that have helped fill America's prisons.
What I Learned from 13 Years of Witnessing Violence in Federal Prisons
When I first got locked up, I was a 130-pound, 23-year-old junkie who had one thing in mind: survival. After years of being both a victim and an assailant, I changed my life for the better.
The US Prison System Is Shrinking, but Very, Very Slowly
There were a lot of celebratory headlines after Attorney General Eric Holder announced a drop in the federal prison population last week, but the state-by-state numbers tell a more complicated tale.
46,000 Imprisoned Drug Offenders May Be Going Home Early
Nearly 25 percent of the federal prison population may be granted reduced sentences in a move meant to address high costs and overcrowding.