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Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons

Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.

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Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and Christopher Weber, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.

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Warden ousted as FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse

Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes of evidence from the facility in an apparent escalation of a yearslong investigation that put a former warden and other employees behind bars for sexually abusing inmates.

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Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when temperatures soar past 100 degrees. They described the conditions as cruel, degrading and often dangerous.

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Inmates at California women’s prison sue federal government over sexual abuse

Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eight inmates at a San Francisco Bay Area lockup — dubbed the “rape club” by prisoners and workers alike — filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the federal Bureau of Prisons, saying sexual abuse and exploitation has not stopped despite the prosecution of the former warden and several former officers.

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