Federal Bureau of Prisons

The former director of the Ohio state prison system has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons. That’s according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press. The people say Gary Mohr is among the top contenders to replace Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal. Carvajal submitted his resignation...

A follow-up to an earlier Associated Press investigation finds that the crisis at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, California, is far from over.

U.S. prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to order the Federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer all money in Larry Nassar’s prison account — about $2,000 — to help provide restitution to five victims as part of his 60-year child porn sentence.

Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison. The family filed the lawsuit against the prison system last week, two years after Bulger, 89, was…

The family of rapper Kodak Black is planning to sue a federal Department of Justice agency after the treatment their son said he and other inmates received in a Florida federal prison. In a lengthy Instagram post, the Florida native alleged that a Bureau of Prisons supervisor played a role in him being laced, bruised and brutally beaten. He also…

Three handwritten letters by former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger have been put up for auction. The letters, written to a woman named Jackie, are being auctioned off by Lelands. Bulger writes in one letter, “If you need some one whacked, give me a call. Your friend, James Whitey Bulger 1428AZ.”

The Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” was sentenced to life plus 30 years in a U.S. prison Wednesday for convictions on murder conspiracy and drug charges, culminating an epic trafficking case that even he acknowledged “the whole world was watching.”

California prosecutors said Monday that they used an unusual tactic to identify a suspect for three rapes committed more than 25 years ago, keeping the case alive long after the normal legal deadline would have expired.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case involving two former state officials convicted in New Jersey’s infamous George Washington Bridge scandal.

A Washington, D.C., halfway house, intended to help imprisoned men transition back to freedom, is under scrutiny for an outsized number of inmates who illegally leave the facility each year.

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner marked the end of his 21-month prison sentence on Tuesday as he was released from a New York City halfway house, where he had been spending his time since prison for having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017.

In declaring a national emergency at the southern border, President Donald Trump spoke of an “invasion” by “all types of criminals and gangs.” He suggested that the media “take a look at our federal prison population” and “see how many of them, percentage-wise, are illegal aliens.” But it’s misleading to look only at the federal prison population, since state prisons...

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website shows the 54-year-old New York Democrat is currently in the custody of its Residential Re-entry Management office in Brooklyn, New York. It’s not immediately clear when Weiner was transferred...

Workers at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center say they and inmates there have been in the dark, without heat or hot water, for days, including during the arctic blast that brought bitterly cold temperatures.

In a somber televised plea, President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night, blaming illegal immigration for what he called a scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S. and framing the debate over the partial government shutdown in stark terms. “This is a choice between right and wrong,” he declared. Democrats in response...

It’s looking increasingly like the partial government shutdown will be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year — the first big confrontation between President Donald Trump and Democrats — as agreement eludes Washington in the waning days of the Republican monopoly on power. Trump on Friday threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico if...

George Papadopoulos, the first person sent to prison in the Russia investigation, has been released. That’s according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser was sentenced to 14 days in prison this year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team recommended...

Slain gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was transferred to the prison where he ended up getting beaten to death this week because he had disciplinary problems at a Florida prison, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday. The 89-year-old was beaten to death Tuesday within hours of arriving at a federal prison in West Virginia.

Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was wrapped in a blanket and put in bed with his head on the pillow to make it look like he was sleeping after being choked and fatally beaten with a “lock-in-the-sock” inside his cell, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell NBC News. NBC Investigations reported Wednesday about the apparent use...

Federal law enforcement officials believe Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was killed with a “lock-in-the-sock” inside his cell, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell NBC News. The “lock-in-the-sock” involves placing a prison lock inside an inmate’s sock and hitting the victim repeatedly.