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The Jeffrey Epstein confidante reportedly had her clothes and sheets taken away while in custody over safety concerns.
The move comes after a legal battle over the plan to resume federal executions for the first time since 2003.
The Justice Department's internal watchdog said it's investigating the death of Jamel Floyd, a 35-year-old Black man who was detained at MDC Brooklyn.
Federal law enforcement officers are operating on American streets without identification, which experts say breeds a culture of impunity.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Inmates incarcerated at the Butner federal prison complex in North Carolina have filed suit, saying federal officials have failed to take action to stop the spread.
"I would like for you to put in bold letters that we do hold the prison responsible for this," the man’s son told The Lens.
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and inmate releases aren't happening as fast as advocates hoped.
As of Wednesday, 451 federal inmates and 280 Bureau of Prisons staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“The general existence of a pandemic” should not affect the terms of pretrial detention, according to DOJ lawyers.
Hundreds of people serving time in U.S. prisons are seeking early release or home detention out of concern for their vulnerability to coronavirus.