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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Epstein Media Cover Story: 'US prison system long plagued by staffing crisis, violence'

2019-11-19

WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ For years, the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. But the largest agency in the Justice Department has largely stayed out of the public view.

The death of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and the revelation that he was able to kill himself while behind bars at one of the most secure jails in America has cast a spotlight on the agency, which has also been besieged by serious misconduct in recent years.

Staffing shortages at the agency ‐ it employs more than 35,000 people and has an annual budget that exceeds $7 billion ‐ are so severe that guards often work overtime day after day or are forced to work mandatory double shifts. Violence leads to regular lockdowns at federal prison compounds across the U.S. And a congressional report released earlier this year found "bad behavior is ignored or covered up on a regular basis."

At the same time, the Bureau of Prisons will be responsible for carrying out the first federal executions in more than 15 years, the first of which is scheduled for Dec. 9.

The issues at the Bureau of Prisons are likely to take center stage Tuesday as the agency’s new director appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her appearance comes as federal prosecutors in New York prepare to charge two correctional officers who were responsible for guarding Epstein when he took his own life in August at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The city’s medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide.

The officers are suspected of failing to check on him every half-hour, as required, and of fabricating log entries to claim they had. Federal prosecutors offered the guards a plea bargain, but the officers declined the deal, according to people familiar with the case. The people insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

Posted by:Besoeker

#11 Violence leads to regular lockdowns at federal prison compounds across the U.S. And a congressional report released earlier this year found "bad behavior is ignored or covered up on a regular basis."
So the AP is saying Epstein didn't kill himself.

Posted by: Spot 2019-11-19 16:14

#10 Epstein Media Cover UP Story: 'US prison system long plagued by staffing crisis, violence'

FIFY

Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-11-19 12:36

#9 I'd institute a motorcycle riding, armed judiciary with license to kill and a quota to fill.

Certainly more likely to achieve results before cryogenic research. I'm generally against death squads, but everything is a situation. It's complicated...

Posted by: SteveS 2019-11-19 12:34

#8 It was not guards neglect or staffing issues, the union is out front on this cover. It was corruption, in the union, that allowed someone to enter the room and murder him.

Posted by: 49 Pan 2019-11-19 12:14

#7 #5 Demolition man?

#6 Judge Dredd?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-19 12:07

#6 I'd institute a motorcycle riding, armed judiciary with license to kill and a quota to fill. ☺

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-19 11:42

#5 Give us more money and we'll do better! - taking a page from the Teacher's Union playbook.

If I were King of the Forest, I'd put money into cryogenic research. If we could freeze-dry convicts for the duration of their sentence, it would cut down on staffing, maintenance and storage space.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-11-19 11:15

#4 Now FIVE big names cut ties with Prince Andrew: Advertising Week Europe joins Standard Chartered in pulling backing for royal's main charity following 'car crash' interview - as FOUR universities consider ditching him

Posted by: Skidmark 2019-11-19 11:09

#3 US prison system need MO MONEY !!!

How much you got ?

Dats how much we NEEDS !!!!

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-11-19 10:20

#2 And they speak Russian!

Posted by: Frank G 2019-11-19 07:57

#1 So it's the fault of the DOJ? Trump's DOJ? I see where this is going!

Posted by: Bobby 2019-11-19 07:33

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