Josh Smith Spent Time in Federal Prisons. Now He’s Helping Lead Them.
Earlier this month, Josh J. Smith, who served five years in the federal prison system on drug charges, was tapped ...
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Tag: Federal Prisons
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director: What to Know About William Marshall
William “Billy” Marshall, the relatively unknown head of the West Virginia corrections department, has been selected to lead the troubled ...
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Trans Women Federal Prisoners Told They Will Be Moved, Fear for Safety
Filed 7:20 p.m. EST 02.21.2025 A small change in a judge’s order appears to have led the Trump administration to ...
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What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Really Do?
On the first day of his second presidency, Donald Trump reversed former President Joe Biden’s executive order on private prisons. ...
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In Virginia, Prisoners Allege Culture of Violent Guards at Federal Prison
Marcos Santiago heard the clatter of metal chains outside cell 201 next door. Locked in the most isolated unit at ...
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Prison Violence Against Transgender People: 3 Things to Know
About 2,000 transgender people are incarcerated in federal prisons, according to the Bureau of Prisons — a tiny fraction of ...
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Life Inside, Remixed: An Incarcerated Artist Paints Through His Pain
Before meeting his artistic mentor, Memo, in a Virginia federal prison cell, Rafael Rodriguez was “acting like a wild horse, ...
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Warden at Troubled Federal Prisons Now Runs Training Center
A warden who oversaw a culture of abuse at two different federal prisons has a new job — running a ...
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