Meanwhile, two Congressional representatives wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merick Garland asking him to investigate how FCI Dublin was shut down.Bureau of Prisons Director Colette S. Peters announced the prison would temporarily close on April 11, ten days after a federal judge named a special master to oversee what she called a "dysfunctional mess" at FCI Dublin.
For example, Sharon McMillan wrote to KTVU to say she "landed well" at FCI Waseca in Minnesota, which is minimum security. McMillan said she is eligible for a halfway house and was told she would be placed there soon.She also said that she is finally getting the medical care she needs."The medical department here has been great, and I received the medications that I need," McMillan wrote. "I am happy," she added.
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