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Life Inside January 14
People in the Scandal-Plagued Federal Prison System Reveal What They Need in a New Director
“This is kind of like AA: To move forward, first you have to admit there’s a problem.”
By Keri Blakinger
Life Inside November 4, 2021
An Ode to Memo, the Cellmate and Art Teacher Who Saved My Life
After decades in the system, I was acting like a wild horse roaming the countryside. Memo taught me how to paint through the chaos.
By Rafael Rodriguez
Sean McQuiddy contracted COVID-19 while at a federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas.
News June 11, 2021
31,000 Prisoners Sought Compassionate Release During COVID-19. The Bureau of Prisons Approved 36.
As the pandemic worsened inside federal prisons, officials granted fewer releases.
By Keri Blakinger AND Joseph Neff
Feature February 26, 2021
They’re Going Back to Prison. But They Didn’t Commit New Crimes.
A court battle over an obscure Tennessee statute freed these men from prison. Years later, they were told they must return.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrived to his arraignment in New York in 2019.
Analysis January 19, 2021
Trump’s Pardons Show The Process Has Always Been Broken
Donald Trump’s volatile approach to granting clemency epitomizes a system that many have long hoped to change.
By Nicole Lewis, Justin George and Eli Hager
President Donald Trump spoke during a rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, on October 31.
News November 5, 2020
These Federal Prison Guards Are Desperate for Trump to Lose
Unlike many law enforcement unions that endorsed the president, Bureau of Prisons staff argue he's anti-union.
By Keri Blakinger
News October 21, 2020
Prisoners Won The Right To Stimulus Checks. Some Prisons Are Standing In The Way.
A federal judge ruled prisoners can get the $1,200 checks many Americans received in the spring. Some prison systems are putting up roadblocks, lawyers and prisoners say.
By Joseph Neff and Keri Blakinger
News October 7, 2020
Thousands of Sick Federal Prisoners Sought Compassionate Release. 98 Percent Were Denied.
Wardens blocked bids for freedom as COVID-19 spread behind bars, data shows.
By Joseph Neff and Keri Blakinger
Feature September 19, 2020
Byron Miller’s Race Against Time
Months ago, the attorney general ordered pandemic prison releases. After 24 years behind bars, Miller is one of many still waiting for a ticket home.
By Nicole Lewis
From left, John G. Malcolm, Judge K. Michael Moore, Judge Henry E. Hudson, Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo, and Judge Claria Horn Boom have been nominated by President Trump to fill the five empty spots on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
News September 17, 2020
Before Election, Trump Tries To Stack Prison-Sentencing Agency With Right Wing Allies
The U.S. Sentencing Commission, required by law to be bipartisan, helps set prison terms for more than 70,000 people every year.
By Eli Hager
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