From cell phones to drugs, contraband is slipping through the cracks of our correctional facilities. What does the latest ...

Meanwhile, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Alcatraz, the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, has sat idle for more than a year after the Bureau of Prisons cleared it of ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees who were charged with guarding accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not search his jail cell as required and failed to check on him for hours ...

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed in an email that his death was a suspected homicide. A death certificate and autopsy have not been released. "I think that's what bothers me the most.

The BOP has huge responsibilities in the care and feeding of over 150,000 prisoners in its care and over 36,000 staff. It has an $8.7 billion annual budget and houses some of the most infamous ...