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In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 file photo, plumes of smoke rise from the yard and recreation building of Reeves County Detention Center 1 unit in Pecos, Texas. The fires came five days after inmates set fires to other parts of the RCDC I and II units during a riot blamed on complaints about inadequate health care and food. A Justice Department Inspector General report released Thursday, April 23, 2015, was critical of the operation at the the 2,400-bed facility that primarily houses "low-level" immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Pecos Enterprise, Smokey Briggs, file) — FILE

Privately run Texas facility for criminal aliens being mismanaged, wasting taxpayer money

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A correctional officer directs an offender through a gate at the Washington Corrections Center For Women in Gig Harbor, Wash., on Oct. 17, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Dept. hopes new programs will cut down on prison populations

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: Prison X-Ray machines fail to stop contraband

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Thomson prison jobs come with tough hiring process

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 government posts jobs for Thomson prison

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, a van drives past the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. The federal Bureau of Prisons has allocated nearly $54 million to begin opening the prison in the northwest part of Illinois. Fully activating the prison that the state sold to the federal government is expected to take two years. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Federal gov’t allocates $53.7M for Thomson prison

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., leaves federal court in Washington. Prison-bound Jackson plans to sell his home in Washington to help pay $750,000 in penalties stemming from his sentence for illegally spending campaign funds on personal items. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jesse Jackson Jr. reports to North Carolina prison

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (FBI)

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved to federal Bureau of Prisons’ hospital

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., is pictured on Monday, July 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases

By David Crary - Associated Press

Foreign inmate transfer program has not worked

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Report: Feds transferred T.I. over business flap

By GREG BLUESTEIN - Associated Press

SGT. SHAFT: Nurse seeks info about seniority rules

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

Furlough program far out of date, IG reports

By Ben Conery - The Washington Times