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Alameda County – A new director at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is working to change the toxic culture at its women’s institution in Dublin, where a former warden
However, her previous work leading the Oregon Department of Corrections has not gone without criticism.
Oregon’s federal public defender says dozens of people inside the state’s only federal prison have been on a hunger strike protesting conditions inside the facility.
80 people have gone on a hunger strike to protest conditions inside the facility, including poor medical care.
Oregon’s federal public defender reports government attorneys confirmed the strike on Monday, while Bureau of Prison spokesperson says those in custody are now “accepting their meals.”