Department of Justice

Senate Probe Found Some Federal Prison Staff Abused Female Inmates Without Discipline This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Linda De La Rosa, and was originally published here. A bipartisan Senate investigation has found widespread sexual abuse of women in prison by the male wardens, officers and volunteers tasked to protect them, uncovering incidents inside [...]

Senate Panel Decries “Abusive and Inhumane” Conditions at Federal Prison in Atlanta This article features Government Accountability Project clients Ms. Terri Whitehead, and was originally published here. The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Michael Carvajal, came under intense criticism during a Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday examining the horrific conditions inside the federal [...]

Witnesses describe 'appalling' conditions at U.S. Penitentiary AtlantaThis article features Government Accountability Project client Ms. Terri Whitehead, and was originally published here.A Senate subcommittee led by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff shed light on conditions at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta during a hearing Tuesday in Washington, D.C.Witnesses described “appalling” conditions to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on [...]

Inmate suicides, sewage backups, non-existent security cited at Atlanta federal pen This article features Government Accountability Project clients Dr. Erika Ramirez and Ms. Terri Whitehead, and was originally published here. ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Several witnesses testifying Tuesday before a subcommittee chaired by Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told the panel of shocking abuses [...]

Atlanta’s federal penitentiary poses threat to entire southeast, report says This article features Government Accountability Project clients Dr. Erika Ramirez and Ms. Terri Whitehead, and was originally published here. ATLANTA — A U.S. Senate Committee investigation has uncovered that security and safety lapses at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary are so bad, a government assessment [...]