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The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., Dec. 5, 2022. The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., Dec. 5, 2022. The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

An official walks toward an entrance to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., March 11, 2024. A judge on Friday, March 15, appointed a special master to oversee the federal prison — dubbed the "rape club" by prisoners and workers alike — in the San Francisco Bay Area. The judge's order encompasses the prison in Dublin, located about 21 miles (34 kilometers) east of Oakland. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge will appoint special master to oversee California federal women’s prison after rampant abuse

Associated Press

The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2022. A watchdog report released Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, found that systemic failures contributed to the deaths of hundreds of federal prisoners in recent years. The scathing report found mental health care, emergency responses and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons were all lacking. It's the latest sign of crisis at the federal Bureau of Prisons, which is also dealing with widespread staffing shortages. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons

By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

An inmate walks around the exercise yard at San Quentin State Prison on April 12, 2022, in San Quentin, Calif. California could reinstate voting rights to felons while they are in prison in a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if a bill currently before the state legislature passes despite an uphill battle. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) **FILE**

U.S. prison population grew in 2022 for first time in nearly a decade

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - A sign for the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin is displayed on Jan. 9, 2019, in Dublin, Calif. A government watchdog has found a “substantial likelihood” the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at the federal women’s prison that has already been under scrutiny for rampant sexual abuse of inmates. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Feds accused of ignoring asbestos, mold at women’s prison

By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. An Associated Press investigation has uncovered a permissive and toxic culture at at FCI Dublin, a Northern California federal prison for women. The prison enabled years of sexual misconduct by predatory employees and cover-ups that kept the accusations out of the public eye. The AP obtained internal Bureau of Prisons documents, statements and recordings from inmates, interviewed current and former prison employees and reviewed thousands of pages of court records. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Women’s prison fostered culture of abuse: Investigation

By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 2, 2020. Carvajal is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that uncovered widespread problems at the agency, including a recent story detailing serious misconduct involving correctional officers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Republicans reintroduce bill to require Senate confirmation of Bureau of Prisons director

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein on March 28, 2017. Despite his suicide, the disgraced financier will still be put on trial in a sense in the coming weeks by a proxy: his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. The 59-year-old Maxwell is to go before a federal jury in Manhattan later this month on charges she groomed underage victims to have unwanted sex with Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Judge orders charges dropped against Jeffrey Epstein jail guards

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this file photo, committee chairman Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill. is shown at a Senate Judiciary hearing examining on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Mr. Durbin is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to dismiss Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal amid a report of rampant corruption and misconduct in the bureau. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Sen. Durbin demands ouster of federal prison director

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. Nearly 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019, accused of crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to stealing prison property, sexually assaulting inmates and murder. Those arrested include Ray Garcia, the warden at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Inside federal prisons, employees are committing the crimes

By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided by The Ford County Sheriff's Office in Paxton, Ill., shows Michael Hari, a militia leader convicted of masterminding the bombing of a Minnesota mosque, Hari is now known by her transgender identity, Emily Claire Hari. (Ford County Sheriff's Office via AP File)

Justice Department reviewing policies on transgender inmates

By Michael Balsamo and Mohamed Ibrahim - Associated Press