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Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises

Por: Los Angeles Times World September 28, 2022

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued Federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from the Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The proposed Federal Prison Oversight Act would require the Justice Department to create a prisons ombudsman to field complaints... + full article



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