There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further ...

Finally, two days before the statutory implementation deadline of Jan. 15, the Justice Department announced the new rules that could free thousands and help lower a federal prison population that ...

But skyrocketing repair and supply costs compelled the Justice Department to close the prison in 1963, just 29 years after it opened, and the Bureau of Prisons has long since replaced Alcatraz ...

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

The IG’s “Review of Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Management of Its Female Inmate Population” was conducted over the course of a year and was based on interviews with more than 200 inmates ...

The federal government began using contract prisons in 1997 to alleviate overcrowding. However, the Federal Bureau of Prisons' inmate population has been decreasing since its peak in 2013.

Beyond calling on the Justice Department to curb the use of private prisons and address housing discrimination, the new orders will recommit the federal government to respect tribal sovereignty ...

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

The 123 federal prisons in the United States need roughly $2 billion worth of "maintenance" and most are "aging and deteriorating," according to a DOJ inspector general report.. In three prisons ...