The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a poor track record of medical care. A recent OIG report details the cruel treatment of one ...

New legislation to give BOP correctional officers a 35% federal pay raise attempts to address longstanding staffing shortages across the agency.

In a case of fatal medical neglect that led a disgusted federal judge to hold the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in contempt, government investigators confirmed that prison officials allowed an incarcerated ...

New legislation would address the historic staffing crisis at federal correctional prisons by offering a 35% pay adjustment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Prison is difficult but when an inmate is far from home it is ...

In August 2025, a claim circulated online that a federal prison in Texas cleared Jeffrey Epstein associate and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell to leave the facility on work release. The claim ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County’s contracts to house federal inmates from the United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Prisons and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are now valid in the eyes ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...