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Bipartisan Bill Targets Prison Staffing Crisis With 35% Pay Boost

January 15, 2026January 14, 2026 - by Maryann Pugh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confronting what lawmakers describe as a breaking-point staffing crisis inside the nation’s federal prisons, a bipartisan coalition led by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and …

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Fetterman Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Curb Drug Smuggling in Federal Prisons

April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 - by Maryann Pugh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has joined Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Act (BOP …