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Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons

The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.

News • 07.11.2025

A Warden Tried to Fix an Abusive Prison. He Faced Death Threats.

He was tasked with ending abuse at a federal penitentiary, but he says his own officers and the Bureau of Prisons stood in the way.

Feature • 11.15.2023

‘This is Major Trauma’: New Accounts of Abuse at Federal Prison Prompt Calls for Investigations

More than 120 prisoners held at a special unit in Thomson Penitentiary reported mistreatment, lawyers’ committee report says.

News • 07.06.2023

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