Media Releases
2011
December 21, 2011 Attorney General Holder Announces New Federal Bureau of Prisons Director
March 25, 2011 Director Harley G. Lappin Plans to Retire

2008
June 24, 2008 Staff Homicide at the United States Penitentiary (USP), Atwater, California

2006
December 6, 2006 Federal Execution Date Set for Bruce Carneil Webster
June 21, 2006 Shooting Incident at the Federal Detention Center in Tallahassee, Florida
April 06, 2006 Inmate Escapes From Pollock Penitentiary

2005
December 20, 2005 Federal Execution Dates Set for Richard Tipton, Cory Johnson, and James H. Roane, Jr.
September 26, 2005 Bureau of Prisons Response to Hurricane Rita
March 4, 2005 Martha Stewart Released from Bureau of Prisons

2004
October 8, 2004 Martha Stewart Begins Service of Sentence
February 11, 2004 Federal Execution Date Set for David Paul Hammer

2003
February 11, 2003 Attorney General John Ashcroft Announces New Leadership for the Bureau of Prisons. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer To Retire; Harley Lappin To Be Appointed As New Director (DOJ Website)

2001
January 16, 2001 Federal Execution Date Set for Timothy James McVeigh

2000
November 2, 2000 David Paul Hammer’s November 15, 2000, Execution Date Vacated
October 4, 2000 Seagoville Celebrates 60th Anniversary
September 22, 2000 Federal Execution Date Set for David Paul Hammer
June 9, 2000 Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of Private Correctional Institutions
July 6, 2000 Federal Prison Camp to Begin Housing Female Inmates
May 26, 2000 Date Set For First Federal Execution Since 1963
March 20, 2000 DC Phase I: Final Environmental Assessment
DC Phase I: Finding of No Significant Impact
March 7, 2000 Notice of Contract Award for the Management and Operation of a Private Correctional Institution

Archived Media Releases: released prior to 2000