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PROPUBLICA LOOKING FOR BOP WHISTLEBLOWERS
The investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica is inviting BOP employees and others with “sensitive information” about the agency to provide their stories to ProPublica.
Reporter Keri Blakinger, who has been investigating the federal prison system for several years, wrote that she is “especially interested in tips about the leadership’s priorities, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power. And I’m always interested in any documents or data you can share to paint a fuller picture of what’s going on inside the bureau.”Blakinger broke the story several weeks ago that BOP correctional officers were abandoning the agency after bonuses were canceled, the union contract was scrapped, and the staff was deprived of basic needs from toilet paper to food. Many were lured away by better pay at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Three weeks ago, Blakinger reported that Deputy Director Joshua Smith’s video announcing the return of “significantly enhanced” retention incentives and one-time bonuses, paid for in part from savings from the canceled union contract – angered BOP union officials, who said the video was “designed to create a narrative that the union was the problem” and that canceling the contract somehow “fixed” it.
Blakinger wrote, “If you are a current prison employee or you have particularly sensitive information to share, you can contact me directly through Signal at KeriB.123.”
ProPublica, Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System (November 26, 2025)
BOP, Video Message from the Deputy Director: A Bureau on the Brink (November 19, 2025)
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