Bipartisan legislation would establish a special pay rate for employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons until the agency ...

New legislation to give BOP correctional officers a 35% federal pay raise attempts to address longstanding staffing shortages across the agency.

Dining in a federal prison is no desirable affair. Meals are bland, repetitive, and lacking in fresh ingredients. Here are ...

A union official said the upcoming retention incentives are "appreciated," but warned that BOP needs a larger federal pay fix to address chronic understaffing.

The Supreme Court's decision in Bowe v. United States opens a path for federal prisoners to challenge unlawful convictions ...

Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado.

McCormick and New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen partnered on the Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act in the ...

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WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

For months, employees at the federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina have been working overtime. At full staff, there are supposed to be roughly 120 officers, but with almost 30 vacancies, staff ...

Two former Canton aldermen will each be spending 46 months in federal prison, a Mississippi judge ruled Thursday, Jan. 15.