Joseph Shapiro

Dec 18, 2024 | npr.org | Joseph Shapiro

Prisoners allege a culture of violence by guards at federal facility in Virginia At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint--they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.

Nov 1, 2024 | npr.org | Christie Thompson |Beth Schwartzapfel |Joseph Shapiro

A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Now he runs a prison training siteA warden who oversaw a culture of abuse at two different federal prisons has a new job — running a national training academy for the Bureau of Prisons. Andrew Ciolli was in charge of the penitentiary at Thomson in Illinois for one year before he moved to lead an even larger and more high-profile prison complex in Florence, Colo.

Oct 16, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Joseph Shapiro

In 2023, the Federal Bureau of Prisons shut down a troubled unit at the prison in Illinois. The former warden is now the director of the federal center that does specialized training of prison staff. Copyright 2024 NPR

Oct 16, 2024 | themarshallproject.org | Christie Thompson |Beth Schwartzapfel |Joseph Shapiro

A warden who oversaw a culture of abuse at two different federal prisons has a new job — running a national training academy for the Bureau of Prisons. Andrew Ciolli was in charge of the penitentiary at Thomson in Illinois for one year, before he moved to lead an even larger and more high-profile prison complex in Florence, Colorado.