Advocacy groups praise BOP oversight bill

he Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons where reporting from The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and reporting from KTVU highlighted the intense sexual abuses at the all-women's prison in Dublin, Calif. "Because of this bill, for the first time, we will have independent oversight of federal prisons," Rifkin said in a Thursday interview. "And this bill will help ensure that there's actually someone watching from the outside about what is going on inside of federal prison. This bill will bring independent oversight to federal prisons. And that's incredibly significant.