Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

In the days since a congressional budget impasse caused a federal government shutdown, public attention has largely focused on high-profile impacts like employee furloughs, air travel delays and ...

For months, employees at the federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina have been working overtime. At full staff, there are supposed to be roughly 120 officers, but with almost 30 vacancies, staff ...

A Bureau of Prisons union leader charged that officers’ lives may be in danger if steep cuts, which have seen non-custodial staff filling in riskier prison jobs as needed, keep whittling away at the ...