60 Minutes went inside a federal women's prison where inmates had a message for the crisis-plagued Bureau of Prisons: 'Fix it.' Cecilia Vega reports.
This is an updated version of a story first published on Jan. 28, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. The United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the world.Serial killers and terrorists are among those inside its 122 prisons, which include supermax penitentiaries and minimum security camps. The cost to American taxpayers is more than $8 billion a year.
Female Voice: Even though we made mistakes-- when we're out here, we're not treated with respect.Cecilia Vega: Do you feel safe here?Female Voice: Sometimes.Female Voice: I mean, prison is prison. You see what I'm sayin'?Cecilia Vega: Tell me about staffing.Female Voice: They're short staffed all the time.Female Voice: There's times where you don't know if you're gonna be able to go outside because somebody didn't come to work.
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