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Activists have called for prison strikes to protest working for low or no pay.
The former USA Gymnastics team doctor was reportedly assaulted after he was moved into general population in prison.
"The chaos has not stopped. It's a mess," a union representative said of the prison facility in Victorville, California.
Aaron Sandusky is caged in a federal prison as he serves a 10-year sentence for running a state-legal medical marijuana business.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
But communities in this rural Kentucky county are pushing back
Workers at the Bureau of Prisons say it is just a matter of time before the belt-tightening turns deadly.
“Transgender prisoners will unquestionably suffer serious harm if this policy is implemented as written,” the letter says.
In the Trump era, a video on Kim Kardashian's Twitter feed led to the release of Alice Marie Johnson.
The president's son-in-law has been a "driving force" of the legislation, which focuses on the re-entry of federal prisoners. Many say it doesn't go far enough.
A new Bureau of Prisons memo requires all federal prison facilities to provide free menstrual products to female inmates.