At least six top Federal Bureau of Prisons officials have announced plans to retire in coming months, including acting director William Lothrop.

Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to more quickly implement his bipartisan law aimed at strengthening security in Federal prisons. Today, Sen. Ossoff urged Attorney General Pam Bondi and Acting Director of the Bureau of Prisons,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative political commentators were spotted at the White House Thursday holding binders that read “The Epstein Files” hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the release of documents about wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who sexually abused underage girls.

A Justice Department prosecutor struggled in court on Wednesday to articulate the administration's view of the full intention of President Donald Trump's mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, as the government argued that Trump's pardon should apply to separate criminal conduct committed by Capitol rioter Dan Wilson in Kentucky in 2023.

A federal judge has criticized the Justice Department’s evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol also covers his conviction for illegally possessing

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest of one of its prison officers in Florida. Acting United States Attorney Sara Sweeney says Samuel Brandon Smith, 37, has pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of a bribe by a public official and one count of providing contraband to a federal prisoner.

President Donald Trump has ordered the government to recognize only two sexes. Transgender people are fighting the orders in federal court.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is asking federal officials not to detain immigrants in federal prisons, including at Federal Correctional Institution Atlanta.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has released government documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely been circulating in the public domain for years and didn’t include any new bombshells about the sex trafficking case.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has released government documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely been circul