U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons

News
September 25, 2013
Daniel McGowan: The FBI's Least Wanted
He did his time for burning down two Oregon lumber mills, but he's not exactly a free man
Blogs
July 18, 2013
Daniel McGowan, Put In an Extreme Prison Isolation Unit For Writing Things, Loses Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons
A New York environmental activist stuck in an extreme isolation unit for writing letters and publishing articles -- and then re-jailed for writing about being put in that isolation unit in the first place -- has had his lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons dismissed, a development he calls ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
Milton Balkany, Brooklyn Rabbi With Clout, Guilty as Charged in Shakedown Case
Frances M. Roberts/NewscomA jury in Manhattan federal court yesterday convicted Brooklyn Rabbi Milton Balkany of extortion, thus ending one of New York's longest-running lucky streaks. The verdict caps a seven-day trial which revealed a drama worthy of John Guare or David Mamet: Secretly reco ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2009
GRAND OL' PAGAN: What Does the Republican 'Heathen' Running for New York's City Council Actually Believe?
In a photograph from New Normandy's website, Dan Halloran leads a heathen ritual.Conservative. Republican. Pagan? It was an odd news story that briefly upended what should have been a sleepy City Council race in Bayside: the Queens Tribune reported that a conservative Republican was running ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2009
Bureau of Prisons: Post Full of Shit, Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer
Bernie Madoff is "dying of cancer, sources told The Post," and the New York Post told the world. An inmate said he took 20 pills for cancer -- maybe painkillers, maybe laetrile. Plus he'd participated in a Native-American sweat lodge, and why would anyone do that unless he were dying of cancer? It ... More >>
Columns
November 12, 2008
Caged Citizen Will Test President Obama
Under 23-hour lockdown here, an innocent American is a Bush "dark side" legacy
Blogs
February 27, 2006
NY Inmates: Locked-Up, Counted Out?
News
December 28, 2004
The Numbers Beyond the Bling
In the streets of America, people are worse off, and more of them are in jail
News
September 2, 2003
Rabbi Bunco
An Ally of Senators and Mayors Is Charged With Fraud
News
August 13, 2002
Detainees Equal Dollars
The Rise in Immigrant Incarcerations drives a prison boom
News
July 10, 2001
Nation
News
May 22, 2001
Nation
News
April 24, 2001
The State Closes Our Eyes as It Kills
Why Can’t We See McVeigh Die?
News
April 24, 2001
Nation
News
December 5, 2000
Nation
Art
August 1, 2000
Prisoner's Dilemma
Learning the Hard Way at Rikers