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November 27, 2025

Out Of Prison, Baseball Agent Bart Hernandez Gives Back

Few figures in modern baseball have traveled a road as dramatic, or as redemptive, as Bartolo “Bart” Hernandez. He was a respected sport agent celebrated for helping Cuban stars find freedom and fame in Major League Baseball, Hernandez’s name later became synonymous with scandal after a federal conviction that exposed the darker side of the sport’s international recruiting. Today, though, his story is one grounded in humility, philanthropy, and the transformative power of service.‍

November 21, 2025

Deputy Director Of Bureau Of Prisons Describes Agency “On The Brink”

A hundred days into his tenure as Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Josh Smith delivered a speechthat struck a familiar chord, a promise to restore transparency and accountability to an agency he called “in shambles.” Speaking candidly about staffing shortfalls, decaying infrastructure, and the mismanagement of federal prison reform programs, Smith positioned himself and BOP Director William Marshall III as reformers empowered by President Donald Trump to fix decades of dysfunction.

October 21, 2025

Bureau Of Prisons Makes Changes To First Step Act Calc

When Congress passed the First Step Act in December 2018, it marked a rare moment of bipartisan agreement. Lawmakers from both parties recognized that the federal prison system was overcrowded, expensive, and failing to help people succeed once they returned home. The Act offered a simple but powerful idea: if incarcerated individuals take meaningful steps to change, their time should reflect that effort.

October 1, 2025

Study Critical Of Bureau Of Prisons Investigating Misconduct

Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William K. Marshall had only been the job a few weeks when he addressed a number of challenges at the troubled agency, including misconduct among its ranks. He stated in a previous article here on Forbes, “Let me be clear: those who wear the Bureau of Prisons uniform are held to the highest standards. The men and women who show up every day, break their backs, and do the hard, honest work of corrections—they have my respect and are the backbone of the Bureau. The 99% of staff who are doing the right thing every single day deserve a Bureau that reflects their integrity, not one overshadowed by the misconduct of a few.”

September 26, 2025

Bureau Of Prisons Cancels Collective Bargaining Agreement With Union

On September 25, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William Marshall III sent a formal notice to Brandy Moore White, Union President of Counsel of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) that terminates the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement between the two. AFGE has vowed to oppose this action. This follows President Trump’s March 27, 2025 executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs , which removed specific agencies and subdivisions from the coverage of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS). The Department of Justice (DOJ), including the BOP, was explicitly included in these exclusions.