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State representative advocates for Uvalde victim’s dad to leave Kentucky prison to attend daughter’s funeral

FORT WORTH, Texas — A state representative is advocating for the father of a Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim to be able to attend his daughter’s funeral after a report that he was denied compassionate release from a Kentucky prison.

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How the newest federal prison became one of the deadliest

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths there.

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Five things to know about one of the deadliest federal prisons

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at a prison in Illinois. NPR and The Marshall Project uncovered violence, abuse and deaths there. Here are five takeaways.

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Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

New legislation in the Senate requires the Justice Department to establish guidelines for the federal Bureau of Prisons and state correctional systems to notify the families of inmates if their loved one has a serious illness, a life-threatening injury or if they die behind bars

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Advocates push for release of women's prison abuse victims

A prominent national criminal justice advocacy groups is pushing the Justice Department to support the release of women who were sexually abused by staff at a federal women’s prison in California

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The story so far: AP's investigation into federal prisons

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons

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Abuse-clouded prison gets attention, but will things change?

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women’s prison in California

The Independent UK

Abuse-clouded prison gets attention, but will things change?

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women's prison in California

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

The Independent UK

Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others

President Joe Biden is announcing that he has granted the first three pardons of his term

The Independent UK

Woman formerly held at Fort Worth prison could be 1st to receive gender-affirming surgery

FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to schedule gender-affirmation surgery for a transgender woman who has experienced repeated delays in receiving treatment, including when she was housed at a Fort Worth women's prison.

Tribune News Service

Judge accuses Bureau of Prisons of playing ‘whack-a-mole,’ threatens fines in gender-affirming surgery case of former Illinois inmate

Cristina Nichole Iglesias has been trying for years to get the surgery. She’s set to be released from prison later this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Warden at Epstein jail quietly retires amid federal probe

The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February

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‘Substantial likelihood’ that feds committed wrongdoing in ignoring asbestos, mold at women’s prison in California

The finding, now forwarded to Attorney General Merrick Garland, involves the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, already under Justice Department scrutiny for rampant sexual abuse of inmates.

The Independent UK

Feds accused of ignoring asbestos, mold at women's prison

A government watchdog has found a “substantial likelihood” that the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at a federal women’s prison in California

Reason

Did Ketanji Brown Jackson Flout the Law When She Reduced a Drug Dealer's Sentence?

The Supreme Court nominee's critics say she clearly did, but several federal appeals courts disagree.

The Independent UK

5th worker charged with sex abuse at federal women's prison

A fifth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate, and prosecutors say more arrests are expected at the lockup

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Feds: Guard lied in probe of gun found at NYC federal jail

A federal correctional officer was arrested Friday for lying to investigators after a loaded gun was found in an inmate’s cell at a federal jail in New York City — the same troubled lockup where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in 2019

The Independent UK

'Abhorrent': Prison boss vexes DOJ with alleged intimidation

The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cover-ups at a women’s prison may have taken steps to suppress a recent complaint about staff misconduct

The Independent UK

House Dems demand prison rape audit at Calif. federal lockup

Eight House Democrats are demanding the Bureau of Prisons make public an audit of sexual assault reports at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant abuse

The Independent UK

Senate launches group to examine embattled US prison system

The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons

Chicago Sun-Times

At federal women’s prison in California, a toxic culture of sexual abuse, cover-ups

The accusations regarding ‘the rape club’ at the prison in Dublin, Calif., have resulted in four arrests and are a sign of a larger problem within the federal Bureau of Prisons.

The Independent UK

AP investigation: Women's prison fostered culture of abuse

An Associated Press investigation has found a permissive and toxic culture at a Northern California federal prison for women

The Independent UK

Senators say they were denied full access to federal prison

Two U.S. senators say they were denied access to parts of a federal prison in Connecticut while trying to examine conditions there

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