A severe shortage of correctional officers in federal prisons is making headlines across the country and even overseas, thanks to the advocacy of AFGE locals and the Council of Prison Locals.
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President Joe Biden continued to Build Back Better in his second week in office with an executive order phasing out the federal use of private for-profit prisons.
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As of June 10, 2,134 federal inmates and 190 Bureau of Prisons staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The BOP, however, has never tested employees for exposure to the coronavirus and has no plans to test them in the future.
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AFGE Local 1298 coordinates testing for Federal Medical Center Fort Worth employees after agency inaction.
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Victory: AFGE District 4 and correctional officers in West Virginia halt out-of-state BOP inmate transfers to the area.
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AFGE is calling on the Bureau of Prisons to stop transferring inmates between BOP facilities to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Randy Hall was having dinner with his family on April 3 when he realized he couldn’t smell the food. That worried him – the loss of sense of smell is a telltale sign of COVID-19.
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Bureau of Prisons reverses course on granting employees paid emergency leave thanks to pressure from AFGE's Council of Prison Locals.
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AFGE calls on Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal to stop the transport of untested inmates during the coronavirus pandemic.
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AFGE Local 420 at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia had zero E-Dues members on Aug. 13. Upon switching to AFGE E-Dues, the local signed up a whopping 70 E-Dues members in 24 hours. The number went UP to 100 just 12 hours later – an amazing feat by any standard.
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An AFGE local representing correctional officers at Federal Correctional Institution Mendota in California hosted a congressional tour of the facility June 17 to highlight the prison’s dangerous conditions after their repeated efforts to get Bureau of Prisons (BOP) management to address the issues fell on deaf ears.
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Members of AFGE Local 420 working at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton in West Virginia were joined by elected officials, community leaders, and AFGE members from across the nation as they gathered at the Interstate 68/W.Va. 26 interchange on Nov. 16 to protest severe understaffing at their facility and other federal prisons nationwide.
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has already been under a huge strain since President Trump took office, following the misguided hiring freeze, budget cuts, and staffing reductions. Now, the men and women who safeguard these prisons are being asked to oversee 1,600 detainees in five federal prisons - posing severe health and safety risks to correctional officers, detainees, inmates, and the surrounding communities.
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The massive influx of new detainees will exacerbate the short-staffed prisons, endangering the lives of correctional officers, inmates, detainees themselves, and the surrounding communities.
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After years of hard work and advocacy from the AFGE Council of Prison Locals, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make Bureau of Prisons correctional officers’ commute to and from work a lot safer.
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