President Trump made his mark on the federal prison system by signing into law the First Step Act during his first term. A ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write and consult on federal criminal law and criminal justice. It is common knowledge that prisons can be violent, particularly at the ...

A Federal Bureau of Prisons employee died after coming into contact with an unknown substance in the mailroom at the U.S.

Three months after my release, neither the Bureau of Prisons nor Congress has done anything about this government failure. With an Oct. 8 announcement, the bureau has moved in the opposite ...

The federal operation is designed to maintain safety at the jail, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) told ...

The Bureau of Prisons said in a letter to Bannon on Monday that his release date will remain October 29, as originally set. That means he will serve his full 120-day sentence for contempt of ...

Two other prisoners were seriously hurt in the violence at the high security Beaumont facility on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said. The bureau said it was responding with "an ...