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The Justice Department's Office of Inspector Generalfinds that "recurring policy violations and operational failures contributed to inmate suicides."
The Associated Press has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epsteins jail suicide.
The ailing Native American rights activist says the coronavirus medical unit is so bad that inmates won't report illnesses because they want to avoid quarantine.
The death of a federal prisoner in Indiana illustrates the incomplete and often misleading nature of COVID-19 data released by correctional facilities.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Thirty three of the 47 people on death row at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, tested positive between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20.
The Bureau of Prisons admitted that after a reporter informed officials about their diagnosis, it didnt contact any other media witnesses or conduct any contact tracing.
Out of 9 Bureau of Prisons staffers who got sick after working an execution, the agency only conducted contact tracing for one, citing confidentiality reasons.
Judge: DOJ unlawfully rescheduled the Jan. 12 execution of Lisa Montgomery, a mentally ill victim of sex trafficking.
The outbreak on death row comes after a wave of executions that many warned could be superspreader events.
Dustin John Higgs' diagnosis marks the first known coronavirus case on federal death row.