Abu Ghraib: US defense contractor to pay former Iraqi detainees
5 hours ago · A federal jury on Tuesday awarded a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who endured continuous torture at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago –– holding a US government ...
At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador’s largest prison
1 day ago · Updated 7:35 PM PST, November 12, 2024. QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, in the bloodiest prison episode faced by President Daniel Noboa’s government. Authorities attributed the outbreak to internal tensions among inmates, but ...
Courts Continue To Hand Bureau Of Prisons Losses On First Step …
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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for ...
19 hours ago · By Mirna Alsharif and Dennis Romero. Former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years for stealing classified information from the Defense Department ...
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death …
Nov 15, 2023 · Signed by 14 people incarcerated in one of the highest-security federal prisons in the country, the letter was an urgent warning for prison officials: Several corrections officers were trying...
US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at ...
Aug 20, 2024 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Tennessee’s largest prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday about the privately operated facility.
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
Jul 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
New accounts of abuse at federal prison prompt renewed calls for ...
Jul 6, 2023 · The Bureau of Prisons has failed to provide records from Thomson through the Freedom of Information Act, according to a complaint filed in federal court, making it harder to investigate assaults.
Justice Dept. Investigating Tennessee Prison Over Reports of …
Aug 20, 2024 · Tennessee Prison Is Under Federal Investigation After Reports of Abuse. State audits of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, outside Nashville, have suggested that understaffing and high ...
Federal prisons remain locked down from coast to coast after …
Feb 1, 2022 · The nationwide lockdown affecting 122 prisons continued Tuesday after two inmates involved in a clash at the U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont died in Monday's violence, officials say.