Jon Zumkehr

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, an aerial view of the vacant Thomson Correctional Center is seen in Thomson, Ill., before that state sold it to the Bureau of Prisons. An inmate was killed Thursday, March 5, 2020, after being beaten inside the USP Thomson high-security federal prison in Illinois. That's according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Happy New Year! Now take this 25% pay cut

A special retention pay authority the Justice department used to retain certain Bureau of Prisons employees expires in a few days. This affects employees…

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

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