In 2017 in the initial days of Donald Trump’s first term, he instituted a government hiring freeze while exempting "essential areas" from the freeze.

The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never stopped and is expected to grow.

The director of the Federal Bureau of ... the use of private prisons has been repealed amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement drastic reforms to the Justice Department.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The head of the Bureau of Prisons is out of a job. Forbes reported that Colette Peters resigned on Monday, coinciding with President Donald Trump's first day in office. No reason was given.

Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the grounds that it causes unconstitutional suffering.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges against any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP ... that sought to phase out the use of private prisons has been repealed amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement drastic reforms to the Justice Department. Colette Peters, who has led the ...

The Trump administration authorized U.S. Marshals, DEA and Bureau of Prisons officers to conduct immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.

Oklahoma's top prosecutor is asking the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he can be executed for killing a 77-year-old woman in 1999.