In 2017 in the initial days of Donald Trump’s first term, he instituted a government hiring freeze while exempting "essential areas" from the freeze.

Colette S. Peters had served as director of the Oregon Department of Corrections for a decade when she took over the federal agency in 2022.

The director of the Federal Bureau of ... the use of private prisons has been repealed amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement drastic reforms to the Justice Department.

The Bureau of Prisons ... of the United States. Beyond this, we have no further information to provide.” Lauren-Brooke Eisen, senior director of the Justice Program at progressive think tank Brennan Center for Justice, said because many federal ...

The Trump administration authorized U.S. Marshals, DEA and Bureau of Prisons officers to conduct immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration has authorized several more federal agencies to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants.

Federal prosecutors are told in no uncertain terms that they will be on the front lines of an administration-wide effort to crack down on illegal immigration and border crime.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department. It reflects the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.