Bureau of Prisons runs U.S. federal detention and custody; in the news over prison transfers and impacts of policy on detention conditions.
Vance Boelter has been given two consecutive life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to the 2025 attacks that killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injured state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Victims and families describe lasting fear as prosecutors say the acts were politically motivated. The court rejects a death sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.
The administration has directed that imprisoned transgender women be housed in men's facilities and has barred gender-transition treatments. Lower courts have blocked the policy, requiring ongoing hormone therapy for transgender inmates as lawsuits proceed. The Supreme Court has been asked to intervene on an emergency basis, with a response due by Oct. 8.
The GAO has documented costly missteps in ICE's detention-expansion program after the Trump administration directed mass arrests. Agencies rushed to buy facilities and tented spaces without proper planning, resulting in unused assets and mounting costs as DHS pledges a strategic plan by 2027.
The Bureau of Prisons has moved Sean 'Diddy' Combs from Fort Dix to Allenwood Low. The transfer, confirmed by officials, follows reports of a drawn-out confinement and ongoing questions about safety and inmate conditions, as Combs serves a four-year, two-month sentence for prostitution-related charges.