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• Attorney General Barr names new federal prison system director

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  Michael Carvajal will be responsible for overseeing the bureau's correctional services and leading intelligence efforts

• Census Bureau will count federal inmates as residents

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  Critics refer to the inclusion of prisoners in the census numbers as 'prison gerrymandering'

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• Fla. corrections officers to be deputized as ICE agents

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  The officers will be designated to identify and process undocumented immigrants

• Federal prison system plagued by staffing crisis, violence

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  Jeffrey Epstein's in-custody death has put a spotlight on the agency's practices, staffing shortages

• Officials won't test mold in federal prisons

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  Union: Prison leaders have balked at exterminating mold because of bureau policies

• Federal NY lockup draws new scrutiny in Epstein death

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  The lockup is so short-staffed that the BOP is offering correctional officers a $10,000 bonus to transfer there from other federal lockups

• 1 inmate dead, several injured in fight at federal prison

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  Longstanding tensions between rival gangs at the nation’s largest federal prison led to a fight

• Shutdown not affecting Ill. area jails holding federal inmates

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  The prisons only hold around 10 federal prisoners at any given time so there really hasn't been much of a change

• House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

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  The bill follows the example of states such as Texas that have boosted training and treatment programs for inmates in an effort to curb recidivism and save taxpayer dollars

• Report: Prison reforms estimated to cost $346M over 10 years

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  Reforms are expected to reduce the number of federal prisoners by 53,000

• Ohio officials to fix 'inhumane' jail following federal report

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  The county will also immediately start work with the U.S. Marshals to bring on the Euclid Jail into compliance with federal standards

• Feds accuse ex-CIA employee of continuing leaks from prison

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  Prosecutors wrote that the inmate has been using smuggled cellphones to communicate outside the federal lockup

• Former federal CO sentenced to 10 years jail time for sexually abusing inmates, smuggling drugs

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  The officer must forfeit $15,000 in bribe payments, and register as a sex offender

• Inmate gets more prison time for assault on Ala. CO

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  Elvis Mark Hartrick pleaded guilty in April to assaulting a corrections officer with a deadly weapon after nearly running over the CO

• Senator pushes to model federal prisons after Texas' success

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  Earlier this week, Sen. John Cornyn introduced the First Step Act, which aims to lower recidivism rates

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