James Swartz is a Veterans Benefits Administration decision-review officer in Cleveland, Ohio. He took part in AFGE's Feb. 10, 2015, rally on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.<br><br><i>(Photo by Michael O'Connell &amp; Audio by Emily Kopp/Federal News Radio)</i><br><br><i><b>Listen to audio of James Swartz explain how veterans are helping veterans.</b></i>
The closures will impact about 500 BOP employees. Their union warns that the agencyβs decision will exacerbate an already difficult workforce situation.
FILE - A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of PrisonsΒ following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruptionΒ in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)