Bureau of Prisons

A visual representation of a telework desk.

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.

Budget

Amid safety concerns, AFGE urges Congress to increase Bureau of Prisons funding

Federal Newscast

Welcome to the 2% year: Not as much for fewer people

Federal Report

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

BOP staffing problems roll on and on

Federal Report

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin allowing inmates to have visitors again in October, months after visits were suspended at the 122 federal prisons across the U.S. The visitation plan is detailed in an internal memo issued Monday, Aug. 31, and obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

The Bureau of Prisons and the challenges going into 2024

Commentary

Happy New Year! Now take this 25% pay cut

Pay

FILE - In this May 8, 2008 file photo, blank U.S. Treasury checks are seen on a roll at the Philadelphia Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia. On Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the argument that Americans rely on the United States Postal Service for Social Security benefits is invalid because the Social Security Administration stopped mailing paper checks in 2013. The SSA encourages Americans to create digital accounts and receive their benefits electronically, but hundreds of thousands of users still count on the USPS to get their checks every month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Thousands of federal dollars in retention bonuses, are not retained in 2024

Federal Newscast

‘Who’s going to run the prison?’ Union says loss of pay bonuses at BOP facility will cause major attrition

AFGE is urging BOP to renew annual retention incentives for correctional officers at United States Penitentiary Thomson ahead of a planned end of the bonuses…

Pay