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Inmate death at federal jail in Los Angeles ruled a homicide

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, waits in line at the federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Roger Stone seeks to postpone start of prison sentence as June 30 surrender date looms

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE- This Jan. 8, 2017 file photo shows the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in the Brooklyn borough of New York. An inmate at the jail died after being pepper sprayed by officers in his cell, the federal Bureau of Prisons said, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Federal inmate dies after being pepper sprayed by guards

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

This Aug. 10, 2019, shows razor wire fencing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Lawmakers question federal prisons’ home confinement rules

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Roger Stone, center, departs federal court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Trump ally Stone won’t need to go to prison quarantine site

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

A Federal Bureau of Federal Prisons truck drives past barbed wire fences at the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, May 16, 2020. Hundreds of inmates inside the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 and several inmates have died with numbers expected to rise. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Federal prison system to begin moving nearly 7K inmates

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

5 virus cases at federal prison where inmates transferred

Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2019, shows razor wire fencing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Inmates and advocates said numerous inmates exhibiting flu-like symptoms were not tested or quarantined at several facilities, including at FCI Yazoo City in Mississippi and at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Feds: Inmate who gave birth while on ventilator dies

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

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

Federal inmates battle mixed messages on home confinement

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine and Inspector General's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Durbin, Grassley request DOJ IG investigate implementation of coronavirus legislation at prisons

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2006, file photo a person drive through the gates of a federal prison in Oakdale, La. The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking all its 146,000 inmates in their cells for the next two weeks in an unparalleled effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the focus shifts to the Louisiana compound, where two inmates have died and nearly 20 others remain hospitalized. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Justice Dept. watchdog to inspect prisons amid virus spread

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2006, file photo a person drive through the gates of a federal prison in Oakdale, La. The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking all its 146,000 inmates in their cells for the next two weeks in an unparalleled effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the focus shifts to the Louisiana compound, where two inmates have died and nearly 20 others remain hospitalized. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

ACLU: Feds ‘slow walking’ inmate release at stricken prison

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Barr orders increase in home confinement as virus surges

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2006, file photo a person drive through the gates of a federal prison in Oakdale, La. The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking all its 146,000 inmates in their cells for the next two weeks in an unparalleled effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the focus shifts to the Louisiana compound, where two inmates have died and nearly 20 others remain hospitalized. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Federal inmates to be locked in cells for 14 days amid virus

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this May 21, 2010, file photo, a van drives past the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Federal Bureau of Prisons to lock inmates in cells for two weeks because of coronavirus

By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on FISA investigation hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Bureau of Prisons failed to monitor terrorist communications, IG report says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo prisoners stand outside of the federal correctional institution in Englewood, Colo. Inmates at all 122 federal correctional facilities across the country will no longer be allowed visits from family, friends or attorneys for the next 30 days, in response to the threat of the coronavirus, officials told The Associated Press on Friday, March 13. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Visits halted in fed prisons, immigration centers over virus

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Michael Carvajal. Attorney General William Barr has named a new director of the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons, months after shaking up the agencys top leadership following the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. That's according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke Tuesday to The Associated Press. Barr named Michael Carvajal as the new director on Tuesday, replacing Kathy Hawk Sawyer, who he had personally asked to return to run the agency in the wake of Epsteins death. &#160;Carvajal is currently the assistant director of the departments correctional programs division, which handles the daily oversight of the bureaus correctional services. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Michael Carvajal named by William Barr as new Bureau of Prisons director

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. A U.S. prosecutor overseeing the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation said Monday, Jan 27, 2020, that Britain's Prince Andrew has been uncooperative in the inquiry so far. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Lamine N’Diaye, Jeffrey Epstein warden, has transfer deferred

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press