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Federal Bureau of Prisons’ “Mess Up, Move Up” Culture Rewards and Promotes Abusive Employee
Loaded on March 8, 2023
by Casey Bastian
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct.
Location:
United States of America.
by Casey J. Bastian
An AP News investigation focused on U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Thomas Ray Hinkle found evidence of a rotten culture in the federal prison system. In recent years the BOP has come under intense Congressional scrutiny over allegations of staff physical and sexual abuse of ...
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