Supporters of the union, which represents 30,000 prison employees, fear the move will worsen an ongoing staffing crisis.

Incarcerated people are reporting that the abrupt changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.

As of March 20, Devens had 1,122 inmates, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Wilson said staffing is “absolutely not” sufficient. Unsurprisingly, given the understaffing, the OIG ...

A federal judge in Sacramento has put control of California prisons' mental health programs into a rare receivership, ...

When she started her position at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, she felt inspired seeing other Black lawyers in leadership who had successfully matriculated to general counsel and deputy attorneys.

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...

The plaintiffs are asking the court to require the state to maintain cell temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees, a similar range as Texas jails and federal prisons are required to maintain.

The Bureau of Prisons did not respond when reached for comment Friday. The original lawsuit the two new inmates were added to alleged that "the inmates, all of whom are transgender women ...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer ...