Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal … ...

A convicted felon who was held in the Sebastian County Detention Center last year was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for robbing an Oklahoma bank a year ago this week.

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them Skyrocketing repair and supply costs compelled the Justice Department to close the prison in 1963.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it has started to give the coronavirus vaccine to some high-risk inmates but wont say how many inmates have been vaccinated or how it selects those to receive ...

He specifically thanked U.S Attorney General Pam Bondi, who ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer Hanson "so that Oklahoma can carry out this just sentence." Bowles' niece, Sara Parker ...

While local law enforcement agencies ramp up immigration enforcement in Oklahoma, federal authorities have already started ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them. Skyrocketing repair and supply costs compelled the Justice Department to close the prison in 1963 ...

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 ...

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 has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them. Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. Credit: AP/Noah Berger.

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

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 ...