The Worst Place to Work in the Federal Government

FILE - This Feb. 11, 2004, file photo provided by the Bureau of Prisons shows the Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colo. Clockwise from lower left is the minimum security Federal Prison Camp, the high security United States Penitentiary, the maximum security United States Penitentiary and the Federal Correctional Institution. Experts say the drug lord Joaquin

A one-time inmate shows the federal prison system can — and often does — achieve its mission

he BOP Mission Statement also references “custody and care, not jails and guards.” Federal Drive with Tom Temin takes a look a look at one success. Eddie…

Management

Colette Peters, director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks after being sworn in at BOP headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

How BOP Director Colette Peters plans to raise employee engagement

Agency Oversight

How to fix the Bureau of Prisons

Tom Temin Commentary

An unvarnished view of one senior correction officer’s daily life

People

Aaron McGlothin, union president at the Federal Correctional Institution at Mendota, stands in front of the prison during a protest against staffing shortages, near the prison entrance in Mendota, Calif., Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

How the Bureau of Prisons looks if you’re a local union president who also does the job

Agency Oversight

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

Agency Oversight

The Worst Place to Work in the Federal Government

A one-time inmate shows the federal prison system can — and often does — achieve its mission

How BOP Director Colette Peters plans to raise employee engagement

How to fix the Bureau of Prisons

An unvarnished view of one senior correction officer’s daily life

How the Bureau of Prisons looks if you’re a local union president who also does the job

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

Former federal warden has ideas for Bureau of Prisons reform

Bureau of Prisons employees union deals with both management and the inmates

DOJ IG Horowitz reviews a decade of Bureau of Prisons crisis oversight

The worst place to work in the federal government