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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, an employee checks a visitor outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. The warden brought in to clean up the embattled federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself has abruptly stepped down after a year-long tenure marred by the rampant spread of coronavirus, inmates complaints about poor conditions, a gun smuggled into the facility, and an inmate's death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

New warden at Epstein jail served as prison executioner

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Two journalists tested positive for coronavirus after witnessing the Trump administration's final three federal executions, but the Bureau of Prisons knowingly withheld the diagnoses from other media witnesses and did not perform any contact tracing. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

By MICHAEL TARM and MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2019, file photo shows Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. The warden brought in to clean up the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself abruptly stepped down after a year-long tenure marred by the rampant spread of coronavirus, inmates complaints about poor conditions, a gun smuggled into the facility, and an inmate's death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Warden out after new allegations at embattled federal jail

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. All federal prisons in the United States have been placed on lockdown, with officials aiming to quell any potential violence that could arise behind bars as law enforcement prepares for potentially violent protests across the country in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Feds withheld info on virus cases following executions

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. All federal prisons in the United States have been placed on lockdown, with officials aiming to quell any potential violence that could arise behind bars as law enforcement prepares for potentially violent protests across the country in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Federal prisons on lockdown in run-up to Biden inauguration

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

A worker receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot at Franciscan Health Crown Point, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in Crown Point, Ind. Region hospitals are providing shots to frontline healthcare workers as the vaccine is being initially distributed in the area. (Kale Wilk/The Times via AP)

Vaccine delivered to prison where feds carry out executions

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) **FILE**

Execution staff have COVID-19 after inmate put to death

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Orlando Hall, a federal inmate who killed a Texas teenage, is set to be executed at the prison on Thursday, Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Federal prisons to prioritize staff to receive virus vaccine

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

DOJ watchdog finds ‘numerous failures’ in COVID-19 response at Louisiana prison

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Federal prison left inmates with virus in housing for a week

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is shown Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

DOJ IG: Staffing, supply shortages hampered COVID-19 response at Brooklyn prison

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference about Operation Legend at the Dirksen Federal Building Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Chicago. Barr said the operation was "critical in cutting Chicago's murder rate roughly in half since before the operation." (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

William Barr’s delays hampered BOP response to drones delivering prison contraband: DOJ IG

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former Louisiana prosecutor released from prison

Associated Press

Arkansas corruption scandal duo released from prison early

Associated Press

Watchdog finds flawed virus response at California prison

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **

Federal prison had 75% coronavirus infection rate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

ACLU and lawyers sue to free ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

COVID-19 outbreak reported at Texas federal medical prison

Associated Press

Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, center, speaks alongside William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, center right, and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, right, during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Official: Feds feared Epstein confidant might kill herself

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2, 2000, photo, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, driven by Britain's Prince Andrew leaves the wedding of a former girlfriend of the prince, Aurelia Cecil, at the Parish Church of St Michael in Compton Chamberlayne near Salisbury, England. The FBI said Thursday, July 2, 2020, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested in New Hampshire. (Chris Ison/PA via AP) **FILE**

Ghislaine Maxwell suicide fears prompt additional safety protocols

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press