BOP in the headlines as cases unfold over Combs’ transfer and prison disputes; U.S. agency running federal prisons, caring for inmates.
Rapper and founder of Bad Boy Records, Combs, is challenging his conviction on prostitution charges and his four-year prison sentence. He was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering but convicted under the Mann Act. His legal team argues the sentence was improperly based on unproven conduct. The appeal is ongoing.