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Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Federal Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Spiking Suicide Risk at Pennsylvania Lockup by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 26, 2024, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz released findings from an unannounced inspection of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Numerous violations …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Peters Fights Dismissal from BOP, Guards Lose Bonus Pay by The election of Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) has thrown the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into turmoil. As PLN reported, former Director Collette Peters resigned just hours after the inauguration on January 20, 2025. [See: PLN, Feb. 2025, p.10.] …
Federal Court Lets BOP Withhold Mortality Reviews Under FOIA by The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held on August 1, 2024, that mortality reviews prepared by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) following a prisoner’s in-custody death may properly be withheld or heavily redacted in response to …
Federal Prison Oversight Act Becomes Law by On July 25, 2024, Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed into law the Federal Prison Oversight Act, now codified at 5 U.S.C. § 413. The law takes effect 90 days after appropriations are made available by Congress to implement and carry out the …
Eleventh Circuit Tells BOP Prisoner in Georgia: Bivens Is On “Endangered Species List” by On October 3, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit told a federal prisoner in Georgia that he could not hold the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) liable for damages caused by …
BOP Eases Money Grab from Federal Prisoners by On December 17, 2024, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) issued a proposed rule change to its Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP), outlining how much of a federal prisoner’s trust account may be garnished to satisfy restitution and other court-ordered payments. The …
BOP Shutters “Rape Club” in California, Director Peters Quits by The troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lost Director Collette Peters on January 20, 2025, when she resigned just as incoming Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) was sworn into to office. Peters held the job for just 30 months, and …
DOJ Directs BOP, U.S. Marshals to Improve Suicide Prevention by On December 3, 2024, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco issued a directive updating suicide prevention protocols and improving mental health assessments for federal prisoners and detainees. The reforms apply to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the U.S. …
Senate Votes to Increase Penalties for BOP Contraband Cellphone Smuggling by On September 28, 2024, the U.S. Senate passed legislation enhancing penalties for contraband cellphone possession in federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockups. Named after BOP Lt. Osvaldo Albarati, who was killed in a 2013 ambush arranged with contraband cellphones …
BOP Prisoners in Alabama Strike to Protest Release Date Confusion by On September 11, 2024, several prisoners began a hunger strike at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Montgomery, Alabama, protesting a frustrating lack of clarity about their release dates fully six years after the First Step Act of 2018 …
BOP Settles Muslim Prisoner’s Religious Discrimination and Medical Denial Claims at Colorado Supermax by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 26, 2024, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) entered into the last of multiple settlement agreements with a Muslim prisoner who accused the prison agency of failing to …
Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on July 30, 2024, that the First Amendment does not require the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide full, daily access to the Federal Register …
BOP Guard Indicted, Sued for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner at Kentucky Lockup by The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on November 12, 2024, that a federal grand jury had returned an indictment against a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard for violating a prisoner’s rights …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Serious Safety and Security Issues” at Oregon BOP Lockup by In a report issued on May 22, 2024, the federal Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) slammed persistent staff shortages at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon, saying they raise “serious safety and …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Warden at Troubled Illinois Lockup Promoted to Run BOP Training Academy by Overlooking a troubling record of overseeing abusive conditions, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) promoted Andrew Ciolli in July 2024 to serve as director of the agency’s Management and Specialty Training Center (MSTC) in Aurora, Colorado. Ciolli …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
BOP Ends “Blast” Messages on TRULINCS by On October 8, 2024, federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) spokesman Ben O’Cone announced a change to the TRULINCS messaging system used by prisoners: Starting then, no more than 10 prisoners can be addressed in any single message. The move put an end to …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Watchdog Faults BOP for Averaging 43 Prisoner Deaths a Year—More Than 23 by Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report issued by the federal Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on February 15, 2024, identified “operational and managerial deficiencies” in the federal Bureau of …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Credit to Prisoner’s LWOP Sentence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 9, 2024, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals held that even though Henry Neal Ferguson III had been sentenced to life in state prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP), he …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
BOP Cuts Ties With American Correctional Association by On March 31, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) let its contract expire with the American Correctional Association (ACA), which provided accreditations for all BOP prisons, training centers and its Central Office Headquarters. BOP opted not to renew the $2.75 million …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Requires Sentence Credit for Time Served in Tribal Jail by On March 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Montana held that time served in tribal jails prior to sentencing must be credited to that sentence. The case involved Malinda Crazymule. After pleading guilty to felony theft and …
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