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Bureau of Prisons

May 7, 2026

First Step Act credits require fresh review after end of Chevron

    The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s habeas petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons‘ refusal to award First Step Act time […]

May 6, 2025

Trump orders Alcatraz reopening for violent offenders

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.

A police officer escorts James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, right, from a helicopter to a vehicle June 30, 2011, at an airport in Plymouth, Mass., after attending a federal court hearing in Boston. (The Boston Herald file)
Aug 2, 2024

Court sentences inmate in prison killing of gangster Bulger

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a […]

Firefighters try to douse the blaze aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 33 scuba divers and a crew member Sept. 2, 2019, in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Southern California. (Ventura County Fire Department file)
Jul 12, 2024

Court hears restitution arguments in deadly dive boat fire

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge heard arguments Thursday over whether a boat captain should pay restitution to the families of 34 people killed in a California scuba dive boat […]

Well-wishers greet Steve Bannon as he reports Monday to the federal prison in Danbury, Conn. (Associated Press)
Jul 2, 2024

Bannon reports to federal prison to serve contempt sentence

DANBURY, Conn. — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a […]

A federal judge has appointed a special master to oversee Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, a troubled federal women’s prison in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Associated Press file)
Apr 8, 2024

Judge appoints special master to oversee women’s prison

OAKLAND, Calif. — A judge has appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time […]


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