Tag Archives: Federal Bureau of Prisons

Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison

Posted on March 27, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Mark Binelli In prison, Rodney Jones told me, everyone had a nickname. Jones’s was Saint E’s, short for St. Elizabeths, the federal psychiatric hospital in Washington, best known for housing John Hinckley Jr. after he shot Ronald Reagan. Jones … Continue reading →

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Federal Prison Crisis Poses ‘Critical Threat’ To Justice Department, Report Finds

Posted on December 13, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ryan J. Reilly The ballooning cost of the overcrowded federal prison system is an “increasingly critical threat” to the Justice Department’s ability to fulfill its mission, the department’s inspector general said in a report released Friday, which outlined the … Continue reading →

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How Bureaucrats Stand in the Way of Releasing Elderly and Ill Prisoners

Posted on December 5, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Christie Thompson Former inmate Veronica Barnes had three years left to serve in federal prison when she found out in January 2011 that her husband John was dying of pancreatic cancer. Doctors said it was inoperable. They gave him … Continue reading →

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