A federal facility in Pennsylvania has failed to take steps to reduce suicide risks among inmates — contrary to policies from the federal Bureau of Prisons and repeated reports from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General, according to the latest federal review on the facility.
Lewisburg federal prison is a medium-security men’s institution located in central Pennsylvania, and thousands of inmates often pass through there on their way to other BOP-run institutions. A significant number of inmates there were being held in single cells — a prison practice where each cell is assigned to only one inmate.