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Amid ‘Catastrophic’ Shortage, Psychologists Flee Federal Prisons in Droves

With fewer and fewer employees to run the prisons, psychologists were repeatedly forced to act as guards.

News • 01.26.2026

Women Are Sent to This Federal Prison for Dialysis. They Say It’s Killing Them.

Patients at Carswell medical prison in Texas describe unsanitary conditions, missed treatments and substandard care.

Feature • 12.16.2025

Judge Stops Federal Prisons From Enforcing Trump’s Trans Care Ban, For Now

The district judge ordered the prison system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people as needed, while a lawsuit proceeds.

News • 06.03.2025

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