The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives each had two.įederal prison workers in nearly every job function have been charged with crimes.
Of the 41 arrests this year, 28 were of BOP employees or contractors. Two-thirds of the criminal cases against Justice Department personnel in recent years have involved federal prison workers, who account for less than one-third of the department’s workforce. In some cases, the agency has failed to suspend officers who themselves had been arrested for crimes. WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder, guards taking cash to smuggle drugs and weapons, and supervisors stealing property such as tires and tractors.Īn Associated Press investigation has found that the federal Bureau of Prisons, with an annual budget of nearly $8 billion, is a hotbed of abuse, graft and corruption, and has turned a blind eye to employees accused of misconduct.
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