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‘Dehumanizing’: Actress’ arrest highlights abuse, torture in Iranian prisons

Wednesday, December 21 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Actress Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested over the weekend by the Iranian regime for supporting the ongoing protests, becoming the most prominent person in the country to be targeted. Alidoosti, who starred in the 2016 film "The Salesman," which won an Academy Award for... Read More.

BOP finalizes moving inmates from private prisons

Thursday, December 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- All federal inmates housed in private prisons have been moved to Bureau of Prisons facilities and the agency has ended all contracts with private facilities, officials said. Last year, in one of his first actions in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive... Read More.

Justice Department taps Oregon Corrections head as new Bureau of Prisons director

Tuesday, July 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has tapped Colette Peters, who serves as the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons, according to a statement released by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Peters has been in her current role since... Read More.

Three Bureau of Prisons employees hospitalized over drug-laced prisoner mail

Friday, April 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Three Bureau of Prisons employees at United States Penitentiary Thompson in Illinois have had to go to the hospital over the past two weeks, according to the local union president, prompting two members of Congress to write a letter to the... Read More.

DOJ finds Bureau of Prisons failed to apply earned time credits to 60,000 inmates

Wednesday, November 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Sixty-thousand inmates potentially did not properly receive credits for time served under the First Step Act's recidivism programs, the Department of Justice inspector general found. "We are concerned that the delay in applying earned time credits may negatively affect inmates who have... Read More.

Prisons postpone vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson shots paused

Friday, April 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause, likely to last another seven to 10 days while a federal advisory committee evaluates a possible link to a rare but severe blood clotting disorder, may deal a blow to vulnerable populations -- the homebound,... Read More.

Biden to phase out federal use of private prisons as part of racial equity actions, officials say

Tuesday, January 26 by ABC News

By SARAH KOLINOVSKY and BEN GITTLESON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday planned to sign four executive actions pertaining to racial equity, including phasing out the use of private prisons at the federal level, according to senior administration... Read More.

Prisons should be COVID-19 vaccine priority: Health experts

Friday, December 4 by ABC News

By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After a federal advisory committee recommended this week that health care workers, nursing home residents and staff be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, discussions turned to who should be next in line, as initial... Read More.

DOJ scrutinizes Louisiana prison’s handling of COVID-19 spread

Wednesday, November 18 by ABC News

By ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department's inspector general released a report Tuesday that "identified numerous failures" in how staff at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, responded "to the COVID-19 outbreak" at the facility, according to the... Read More.

Bureau of Prisons resumes in-person visits as inmates, staff continue to die from COVID-19

Tuesday, September 1 by ABC News

By LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Bureau of Prisons announced on Monday that in-person visits will resume at all 122 facilities within the bureau, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News."Social visiting will resume... Read More.

Bureau of Prisons spends nearly $3 million on UV sanitizing gates, contracts show

Friday, August 7 by ABC News

By LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Bureau of Prisons has spent almost $3 million dollars on ultraviolet sanitizing devices to combat COVID-19 at 122 federal prisons, regional offices and its central office in Washington, D.C., according to the Bureau... Read More.

As coronavirus spreads through nation’s jails and prisons, lawmakers demand more transparency on toll

Thursday, August 6 by ABC News

By TONYA SIMPSON and LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Citing the growing toll from a hidden side of the coronavirus pandemic, top Democratic lawmakers are looking to require state and federal prisons to open their books on the number of... Read More.

Stories tagged with: prisons

‘Dehumanizing’: Actress’ arrest highlights abuse, torture in Iranian prisons

BOP finalizes moving inmates from private prisons

Justice Department taps Oregon Corrections head as new Bureau of Prisons director

Three Bureau of Prisons employees hospitalized over drug-laced prisoner mail

DOJ finds Bureau of Prisons failed to apply earned time credits to 60,000 inmates

Prisons postpone vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson shots paused

Biden to phase out federal use of private prisons as part of racial equity actions, officials say

Prisons should be COVID-19 vaccine priority: Health experts

DOJ scrutinizes Louisiana prison’s handling of COVID-19 spread

Bureau of Prisons resumes in-person visits as inmates, staff continue to die from COVID-19

Bureau of Prisons spends nearly $3 million on UV sanitizing gates, contracts show

As coronavirus spreads through nation’s jails and prisons, lawmakers demand more transparency on toll

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