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Press Releases

Martha Stewart Begins Service of Sentence (October 8, 2004)

Federal Execution Date Set for David Paul Hammer (February 11, 2004)

Attorney General John Ashcroft Announces New Leadership for the Bureau of Prisons. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer To Retire; Harley Lappin To Be Appointed As New Director (February 11, 2003)

Federal Execution Date Set for Timothy James McVeigh (January 16, 2001)

David Paul Hammer’s November 15, 2000, Execution Date Vacated (November 2, 2000)

Seagoville Celebrates 60th Anniversary (October 4, 2000)

Federal Execution Date Set for David Paul Hammer (September 22, 2000)

Federal Prison Camp to Begin Housing Female Inmates (July 6, 2000)

Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of Private Correctional Institutions (June 9, 2000)

Date Set For First Federal Execution Since 1963 (May 26, 2000)

DC Phase I: Final Environmental Assessment (March 20, 2000)
DC Phase I: Finding of No Significant Impact

Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of a Private Correctional Institution (March 7, 2000)

Notice of Conditional Acceptance of Offer for the Management and Operation of a Private Correctional Institution (October 7, 1999)

Volunteers of America Presents the President's Award for Program Excellence to USMCFP Springfield, Mo. (August 3, 1999)

BOP Statement on Pat Searches (July 28, 1999)

BOP Statement on Staff Misconduct (July 14, 1999)

Special Confinement Unit Opens at USP Terre Haute (July 13, 1999)

Notice of Record of Decision by Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) for the Construction and Operation of a Federal Correctional Institution in Preston County, West Virginia (May 28, 1999)

"Victims Voices: Silent No More" Federal Bureau of Prisons Observes National Crime Victims' Rights Week (April 26, 1999)

Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of a Private Correctional Institution to House District of Columbia Sentenced Felons Transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (April 2, 1999)

BOP Statement on Prison Consultants (March 1999)

BOP Statement Addressing Amnesty International Report on Female Inmates (March 1999)

Statement From the Federal Bureau of Prisons Regarding the Current Status of Inmate Leonard Peltier (89637-132) (February 1999)

BOP Announces Request for Proposal (RFP) PCC-0004, District of Columbia Sentenced Felon Requirement Phase II (December 11, 1998)

BOP Announces DC Contract Change (November 23, 1998)

BOP Policy on Organ Transplants (November 18, 1998)

Medical Care of Inmate James McDougal (September 1998)

Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of the Southwest Detention Facility (June 19, 1998)

Proposed Deactivation of the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in El Paso (March 1998)

Allegations of a 1995 Sexual Misconduct Incident at the Federal Detention Center (FDC), Dublin, California (February 1998)

New Research Reveals Federal Inmate Drug Treatment Programs Reduce Recidivism and Future Drug Use (February 9, 1998)

Notice of Contract Award for Management of the Taft Correctional Institution (July 21, 1997)