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Jail guard admits to sexually assaulting inmate

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles is seen on July 14, 2019. (David McNew / Getty Images)

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Federal prisons to prioritize, prepare staff to receive …

In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Judge orders release of vulnerable inmates at Lompoc prisons …

The federal prison in Lompoc is seen in an undated photo from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Federal government plans to execute prisoners again after …

Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at the Department of Justice on February 10, 2020. (Credit: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

8th Terminal Island inmate infected with COVID-19 dies, …

The exterior of the Federal Correctional Institute on Terminal Island is seen on Feb. 27, 2019, in the Port of Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

9th inmate at state prison in Chino dies of apparent COVID-19 …

The California Institution for Men in Chino appears in this undated photo. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Federal prison system’s worst outbreaks are at Lompoc …

The federal prison in Lompoc is seen in an undated photo from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

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Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have …

Shipping cranes are visible behind a watchtower of Terminal Island Federal prision on May 27, 2010, off the coast of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Citing the coronavirus, ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee …

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is seen in this undated file photo. (Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Blacks Still Face Significantly Higher Incarceration …

Inmates at San Quentin State Prison wait in line on Aug. 15, 2016. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Federal Prisons Employee Arrested in Connection With …

One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Van Nuys on Sept. 10, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)

Lawyers Say Solitary Confinement is Taking a Toll …

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appears in a mugshot released by prison officials following the drug kingpin’s 2016 arrest.