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Lisa Fernandez, KTVU

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons where reporting from The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and reporting from KTVU highlighted the intense sexual abuses at the all-women's prison in Dublin, Calif.

Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The Senate passed 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.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal

Incarcerated laborers on Angola’s Farm Line face “substantial risk of injury or death” during extreme heat, a federal judge ruled this week, ordering corrections officials to make policy changes to “preserve human health and safety.”

Bonnie Bolden and Da'Shawn Johnson, BRProud

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola, during the high summer heat in Louisiana.

CBS Bay Area

DUBLIN – Following three days of testimony from incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, the legal teams representing the victims held a press conference Friday outside of U.S. District Court in Oakland.

Dana Difiippo, New Jersey Monitor

New Jersey correctional officers showed “deliberate indifference” when they confiscated the cane an incarcerated man used because of a painful spinal condition and repeatedly refused to return it to him, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Lisa Fernandez, KTVU

OAKLAND, Calif. - Sex abuse survivors at an all-women's prison in Dublin filed a sweeping and major class-action lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that people incarcerated there have been raped, forced to undress in order to be released from cells, drugged, groped and targeted with threats of deportation, among other atrocities.

Sydney Johnson, KQED

Survivors of sexual abuse on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against guards and officials at FCI Dublin, a federal women’s prison where plaintiffs argue there are inadequate systems for preventing, detecting, investigating and responding to rape and sexual assault at the facility.

Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eight inmates at a San Francisco Bay Area lockup — dubbed the “rape club” by prisoners and workers alike — filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the federal Bureau of Prisons, saying sexual abuse and exploitation has not stopped despite the prosecution of the former warden and several former officers.

Luis Fieldman, MassLive

The controversial policy triggered a lawsuit from Lawyers for Civil Rights and Rights Behind Bars in 2022 on behalf of a statewide coalition that challenged the agreement between the sheriff’s office and immigration authorities.