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Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to ‘avoid more extreme measures,’ director says
The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic ...
The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them.
An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...
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Trump touts 'very strong' Alcatraz as Bureau of Prisons assessing reopening prison
Alcatraz's daily per capita cost in 1959 was $10.10 compared to $3.00 for the federal prison in Atlanta. A recent inspector general report estimated that the Bureau of Prisons facilities across ...
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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious penitentiary on an island in San ...
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Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Can he do that?
“Alcatraz closed as a federal penitentiary ... upgrades that made it safe for visitors. Back in 1962, the Bureau of Prisons weighed making upgrades to the prison, but it would have cost $5 ...