U.S. Senators call FCI Dublin transfer of women 'appalling'
Five U.S. senators are demanding that the Bureau of Prisons director provide them with information on how the agency prepared to close the troubled, all-women's prison in Dublin, including written plans to its employees on the “safe and humane release from custody.”
BOP director commends FCI Dublin staff, despite accounts of abusive behavior
In an interoffice memo sent to employees, Bureau of Prisons Director Colette S. Peters on Wednesday commended her staff for their "tireless efforts in facilitating the successful transition" of women from FCI Dublin.
FCI Dublin prison closure: Women describe horrific journey across U.S.
Dozens of women have shared horrific-sounding bus rides to prisons across the country as the Bureau of Prisons abruptly shut down FCI Dublin last week.
FCI Dublin closure: Women leave prison despite lawyer's attempt to halt transfers
Lawyers representing a class of women incarcerated at the soon-to-close FCI Dublin prison filed an emergency temporary restraining order Friday, urging a judge to temporarily block the transfer of anyone who is left at the troubled women's prison.
FCI Dublin officers scream at women to pack before transfer, others released early
Women incarcerated at the soon-to-be-shuttered FCI Dublin are complaining that they are getting treated very poorly in the rush to pack up and leave the troubled prison.
Buses seen transferring women from FCI Dublin prison ahead of sudden shutdown
Buses were seen leaving the troubled FCI Dublin women's prison on Wednesday, shipping women off to far-flung facilities across the country.
FCI Dublin warden pushes back on special master's authority; employees refuse to report for duty
In her first public statement since being appointed on the day of an FBI raid at the soon-to-close federal women's prison in Dublin, Warden Nancy T. McKinney told a judge that she had no authority to delay the closure of FCI Dublin.
FCI Dublin prison closure raises questions of retaliation
A U.S. congressman from California is asking pointed questions a day after the Bureau of Prisons suddenly shut down a troubled all-women's prison in Dublin.
FCI Dublin closing, women transferred to prisons across U.S.
The scandal-plagued Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin is closing just weeks after a judge ordered the all-women's prison to be placed under unprecedented oversight, KTVU has learned.
FCI Dublin: Judge appoints special master over troubled prison
A federal judge on Friday chose the former chief probation officer of Alameda County to be a special master over FCI Dublin.
7th FCI Dublin correctional officer sentenced for 'egregious' sex acts
A judge on Wednesday sentenced a former FCI Dublin correctional supervisor to six years in prison, after all the parties involved described his "egregious" sex acts with seven incarcerated women, all of whom testified that he degraded them and made them fearful of most men.
FCI Dublin officer's behavior 'egregious,' had sexual contact with 7 women
Federal prosecutors are asking that an FCI Dublin correctional officer receive six years in prison - slightly more than the former warden was sentenced to - for having illegal sexual relationships with seven women that he groomed by bonding over the Raiders, touching their buttocks and writing them sexual notes.
FCI Dublin: Mysterious skin spots appear on incarcerated women
Mysterious skin spots, burst capillaries and bothersome rashes have begun to appear on dozens of incarcerated women at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin – another scourge at the scandal-plagued prison, better known for sexual abuse and retaliation.
FCI Dublin: Judge orders unprecedented 'special master' over troubled prison
A federal judge on Friday ordered a "special master" to oversee the goings-on at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin – the first time a Bureau of Prisons facility has been placed under such oversight in U.S. history.
FCI Dublin warden, 3 other top managers ousted amidst FBI raid
The warden and three other top managers were ousted on Monday during a surprising FBI raid of the scandal-plagued all-women's prison in Dublin.
More than 60 sex abuse, retaliation lawsuits filed against officers at FCI Dublin
A dozen more civil lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court against officers at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, bringing the total to 63.
Judge does not hold Bureau of Prisons in contempt of court over FCI Dublin transfer
A federal judge in Oakland on Tuesday decided against holding the Federal Bureau of Prisons in contempt of court despite the warden at the all-women's prison in Dublin transferring an incarcerated woman to Los Angeles against her orders.
Woman who testified against FCI Dublin returns after judge's order
A woman who testified about the dire conditions at FCI Dublin and then was thrown in a punitive cell and transferred away against a federal judge's orders has now been returned to the all-women's prison in Alameda County, she told KTVU.
Judge considers holding FCI Dublin in 'contempt of court' when woman transferred, punished after testifying
A federal judge is considering holding the Bureau of Prison in "contempt of court" after KTVU published a story this week about a woman who was thrown in a punitive cell and then transferred away after she testified about the sexual abuses and retaliatory nature at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin.
Woman who testified about conditions at FCI Dublin, thrown in solitary, transferred
Rhonda Fleming, who has spent years of her prison sentence at FCI Dublin and who testified about the dire conditions there, was thrown in a special housing unit and transferred away from the facility, KTVU has learned.