Monaco said after Garcia’s arrest that she was “taking a very serious look at these issues across the board” and insisted she had confidence in the bureau’s director, Michael Carvajal, months after senior administration officials were weighing whether to oust him. In a statement to the AP, the Justice Department said it “will not tolerate staff misconduct, particularly criminal misconduct.” The department said it is “committed to holding accountable any employee who abuses a position of trust, which we have demonstrated through federal criminal prosecutions and other means.”Īttorney General Merrick Garland has said his deputy, Lisa Monaco, meets regularly with Bureau of Prisons officials to address issues plaguing the agency. That official was also allowed to continue investigating a staff member who had accused him of a crime. In one case unearthed by the AP, the agency allowed an official at a federal prison in Mississippi, whose job it was to investigate misconduct of other staff members, to remain in his position after he was arrested on charges of stalking and harassing fellow employees. The revelations come as advocates are pushing the Biden administration to get serious about fixing the bureau. The numbers highlight how criminal behavior by employees festers inside a federal prison system meant to punish and rehabilitate people who have committed bad acts. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives each had two. Of the 41 arrests this year, 28 were of BOP employees or contractors. Two-thirds of the criminal cases against Justice Department personnel in recent years have involved federal prison workers.
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