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Gretta Goodwin

GAO’s expert on federal prisons has long list of ideas to improve government’s worst place to work

As the Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office, Goodwin is like a stern but compassionate teacher, as…

Agency Oversight

Why the Bureau of Prisons may be the unhappiest place in America

Agency Oversight

Justice is urged to tighten up its program to keep former convicts from returning to prison

Workforce

FILE - An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, March 22, 2019. The Justice Department says three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with cyberattacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a domestic violence shelter. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The Justice department lags in a strategy required by law

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, correctional officers keep watch on inmates in the recreation yard at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown will appeal a judge's ruling that California must consider earlier parole for potentially thousands of sex offenders, such as those convicted of raping an unconscious person. Corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters said the administration will fight the order made final Monday, March 5, 2018, by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Bureau of Prisons facing challenges with frontline staffing levels

Workforce

GAO talks privacy issues attached to cameras, facial recognition

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