Walter Pavlo

Dr. Timothy Hedley, Fordham University, and Sreedhar Potarazu wrote a paper for ACFE's Fraud Magazine on why otherwise good people commit fraud.

The US Sentencing Commission and now Congress are encouraging a smarter approach to post prison supervised release. Will it get implemented?

William Noguera walked out of a California prison after nearly 40 years on death row. Now, he solves unsolved murder cases and has found his purpose in life.

The Bureau of Prisons just made a significant change in how it works with returning inmates to the community by using a better planning tool with First Step Act credits.

Disciplinary Confinement, also known as Special Housing Unit, actually leads to more mental stress and poor outcomes for recidivism study finds.

Misconduct by employees is still a problem at the Bureau of Prisons. Further, a troubling and large backlog of cases, thousands, is problematic.

In a monumental shift, the Bureau of Prisons has cancelled its collective bargaining agreement with the union. What happens next?

The First Step Act was meant to put inmates closer to their families but that has not happened. An OIG report details the challenges.

Restitution was meant to restore victims of their losses and punish those responsible ... a new paper shows that neither goal is being met and changes are necessary.

Expungement is non-existent at the federal level .. but one group thinks it has a solution to expungement and it is holding a conference to present those ideas.

The Bureau of Prisons wants to expand the use of community custody but it needs to find new ways to do it. Can it transition more inmates? Time will tell.

The Bureau of Prisons facility at FDC SeaTac is just one example of the problems BOP faces with understaffing, poor medical care and crumbling infrastructure.

The Bureau of Prisons' leadership wants to send more inmates to community custody but they are not maximizing it. Why?

Prison is difficult but for those who have sex offenses and are autistic, it means a life of isolation and abuse.

The Bureau of Prisons has the ability to reduce its institutional population by fully implementing the First Step Act. Why haven't they done more?

The Bureau of Prisons Task Force is off and running but there are challenges that will take months to overcome. Progress is being made, but slowly.

The Bureau of Prisons has started a First Step Act Task Force to implement the act and to move people to the community sooner ... a welcome initiative for BOP and inmates

Newly appointed Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William Marshall III provided me with an exclusive interview for a post on Forbes.com.

The Bureau of Prisons made a recent announcement that it was expanding home confinement, but it really limited time in the community ... now they reversed that position

It has been nearly 5 years since the AP wrote a story on corruption in the BOP ... corruption persists and the new Director has some tough words for violators