The director of the Oregon state prison system has been chosen for the federal post. This week, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Colette Peters has been appointed…
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Federal Inmates Sue for Continued Home Confinement
Low-level offenders fight post-COVID prison return orders. The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) released many low-level offenders in their prison systems to home confinement during the pandemic, intending…
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VA Seeks to Reintegrate Formerly Incarcerated Veterans
Partners with Social Security and Bureau of Prisons. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced last week the expansion of outreach to help formerly incarcerated veterans reintegrate into society.…
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Senators Denied Full Access to Federal Prison in Connecticut
The sudden change of tour itinerary causes concern. Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal went to visit the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution this week anticipating a tour…
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Slow Job Market Impacts Federal Prisons
Cooks and nurses pulled in to make up guard deficit. The Justice Department’s budget allotted for the hiring of 20,446 correctional officers by the end of 2020, but…
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Federal Bureau of Prisons Report on Prisoner COVID Cases
Infection rate four times higher than the general population. According to reports, around 275,000 prisoners on both the state and federal level have been infected with COVID-19 since…
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Supreme Court Overturns Stay of Federal Execution
Eighth federal execution to be carried out this year. A judge had ordered a stay on the execution of Orlando Hall, expressing concerns over the humaneness of the…
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