Records from the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons in response to American Oversight's request for risk assessments regarding federal prisoners being placed in home confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic. These records include related memos.

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American Oversight has obtained documents that provide more information on how the Federal Bureau of Prisons missed key early opportunities to mitigate the virus’ spread within facilities.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has rejected American Oversight's request for records regarding the costs of deploying federal agents to Portland, Oregon between June 20 and August 12, 2020. American Oversight sought these records to shed light on how much the federal deployment to Portland cost taxpayers.

The Bureau of Prisons said that it is withholding regarding responsive to American Oversight's request for records reflecting directives and guidance given to federal police forces regarding self-identification and display of badges and uniforms, use of force guidelines, or deployment orders.

FOIA request to the Bureau of Prisons seeking risk assessments regarding federal prisoners being placed in home confinement due to the Coronavirus.

The Bureau of Prisons stated that it had no records responsive to our request for communications between top officials and representatives of prison contractors from February 2020 to the date the search was conducted.

See the latest in our investigations of the Trump administration's attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, the struggling federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the taxpayer resources used to deploy federal agents to suppress racial justice protests in Portland.

FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for records related to the cost of deploying federal officials in response to racial justice protests in Portland, Oregon.

FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for lodging invoices from the federal government's deployment to Portland, Oregon, in response to racial justice protests.