Mexican-American drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie,” is “not currently in federal custody” in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN.

A Saginaw man was sentenced to time in federal prison for his involvement in possessing and distributing fentanyl.

Jason Mika, 44, of Lansford, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release on July 3 by United ...

Finally, two days before the statutory implementation deadline of Jan. 15, the Justice Department announced the new rules that could free thousands and help lower a federal prison population that ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency with more than ...

The Bureau of Prisons, at its height, housed only 15 percent of federal inmates in for-profit prisons. ICE reports that it currently holds 73 percent of its detainees in private jails.

The federal government began using contract prisons in 1997 to alleviate overcrowding. However, the Federal Bureau of Prisons' inmate population has been decreasing since its peak in 2013.

A federal judge wrote that the Bureau of Prisons should be "deeply ashamed" of medical delays that resulted in a man dying from treatable cancer. C.J. Ciaramella | 10.10.2022 12:25 PM ...

— -- The Justice Department has launched an effort to reduce, and eventually discontinue, its use of privately operated prisons, according to the department's second-in-command. "I am ...

Beyond calling on the Justice Department to curb the use of private prisons and address housing discrimination, the new orders will recommit the federal government to respect tribal sovereignty ...