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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a ...
One of the last living Alcatraz prisoners opens up about life behind bars and Trump plans to reopen it
Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...
Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to ‘avoid more extreme measures,’ director says
The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic ...
Aryan Brotherhood members plucked from state prison into the federal system
The move ends nearly 18 months of litigation by one of the five men, who said he was looking forward to the change of scenery ...
Trump moves to reopen prisons and shuttered immigrant detention facilities for ICE
Two prison corporations and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved quickly to prepare facilities to hold immigrants in ...
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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious ...