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Senate to hold hearing on crisis-plagued
federal prisons
(AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee said Friday he plans to hold an
oversight hearing on the crisis-plagued fed-
eral Bureau of Prisons after The Associated
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada Press reported that the agency is keeping its
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega. embattled ex-director on the payroll as an ad-
E ta hibami na awa trankil, viser to his successor.
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Salmo: 23 Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who demanded Michael
Carvajal be fired last November amid myriad fail-
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta anuncia fayecimento ings, told the AP in a statement he was dismayed
by continuing misconduct within the agency and
di:
by its unwillingness to completely cut ties with the
former director.
Carvajal submitted his resignation in January but
remained in charge of the Bureau of Prisons until
the the new director, Colette Peters, was sworn in
on Tuesday following a lengthy search process.
On Thursday, the AP reported that Carvajal is stay-
ing on through the end of the month as a senior
adviser to Peters, the former director of Oregon's
state prison system.
After speaking with Peters this week, Durbin said
he's "hopeful for serious reforms at BOP," but it is
time to move on from Carvajal's failed leadership. Carvajal's two years in charge. She has pledged
greater transparency and accountability for the Bu-
Inocencio A. Ras Durbin didn't provide a date for the hearing or say reau of Prisons, the Justice Department's largest
Cariñosamente jama: “Betico” what witnesses might be called or topics discussed. component with a budget of more than $8 billion.
*08-07-1950 †03-08-2022 The Senate returns from its August recess after La-
bor Day. Carvajal, a Trump administration holdover, sub-
mitted his resignation on Jan. 5 amid increasing
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia Peters has pledged to overhaul the federal agency, scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of AP re-
despues. which was plagued by myriad problems during porting that uncovered widespread problems at
the Bureau of Prisons, including rampant sexual
assault at a California women's prison, widespread
staff criminal conduct, dozens of escapes, deaths
and staffing woes hampering responses to emer-
gencies.
Durbin demanded Carvajal's firing last November
after the AP revealed that more than 100 Bureau of
Prisons workers have been arrested, convicted or
sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019. Durbin
doubled down on his call for Carvajal's removal in
a speech on the Senate floor last December.
“Señor ta mi Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita
wardador, mi’n tin Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na "Since day one, Director Carvajal has shown no in-
falta di nada caminda ta bunita tention of reforming the institution," Durbin said.
Den cunucu di yerba Laga tur locual cu mi laga atras keda "For years, the Bureau of Prisons has been plagued
berde e ta ponemi by corruption, chronic understaffing, and miscon-
sosega. bunita y
E ta hibami na awa Laga esakinan termina den tur buniteza. duct by high-ranking officials."
trankil, Cado Wever.
Pa mi bolbe haña By then, Carvajal was already on the hot seat.
forsa”. Biden administration officials had discussions in
Salmo: 23 Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta anuncia the spring of 2021 about whether to remove Car-
fayecimento di: vajal, after the AP reported that widespread cor-
rectional officer vacancies were forcing prisons to
Cu dolor na nos expand the use of cooks, teachers, nurses and other
curason, nos ta
participa fayecimento workers to guard inmates.
di nos ser stima:
In one of his final acts as director, Carvajal clashed
with senators at a hearing last week as he refused to
accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and
Lisette N. Webb misconduct that has plagued his agency for years.
Cariñosamente yama “Lis” Carvajal, testifying before the Senate's Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations, insisted he had
*07-07-1973 - †28-07-2022 been shielded from problems by his underlings.
But he had been copied on emails, and some of the
Mario Asencion Tromp troubles were detailed in reports generated by the
Mihor conoci como: “Panachi of Joon” agency's headquarters.
Acto di entiero lo wordo *02-07-2022 - †04-08-2022 Carvajal blamed the size and structure of the Bu-
reau of Prisons for his ignorance on issues such as
anuncia despues Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues. inmate suicides, sexual abuse, and the free flow of
drugs, weapons and other contraband.