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Bureau of Prisons officers seek federal law penalizing sexual threats
A union alleged more than 300 incidents of inmates exposing themselves or engaging in sexual acts in front of staff at a single federal prison in 2022.
Ernst ‘dismayed’ by Bureau of Prisons response to sexual misconduct
“I expected to receive more substantive detail and direct responses to the questions I asked,” the Iowa Republican Senator said in a letter to the agency.
Corrections officers at 8 federal prisons cleared for pay boosts
DOJ, which oversees the Bureau of Prisons, sought a 25% retention bonus for employees at facilities in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado.
Senators clash with US prisons chief over problem-plagued agency
Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.
Federal Bureau of Prisons sued by ‘rape club’ inmates over sex abuse
Suit alleges the BOP and staff at the Dublin facility in California didn’t do enough to prevent sexual abuse going back to the 1990s.
Federal guard misconduct led to Jeffrey Epstein suicide, watchdog says
“Combination of negligence, misconduct and outright job performance failures” cited at federal Bureau of Prisons.
By Michael Sisak
Federal penitentiary staff urge action on fentanyl exposure
This is the second time local union leaders are calling the agency out for failing to protect the roughly 500 employees who work there.
Federal prison sex abuse must be rooted out, Justice official says
Any sexual activity between a prison worker and an inmate is illegal.
By Lindsay Whitehurst
Sexual harassment of corrections staff plagues Bureau of Prisons
Correctional officers also work more overtime on average than any other BOP position.
Federal prison worker pleads guilty to inmate sex abuse
The Justice Department and the Bureau of Prisons convened a task force of 18 senior executives to visit Dublin, examine conditions and meet with inmates.
By Federal Times staff