Federal Prisons

Robert Dear, 67, the suspect in the 2015 Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood attack, died of natural causes while in federal custody at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, the Bureau of Prisons told the Associated Press. According to the Department of Justice’s 2019 indictment, Dear arrived armed with multiple rifles and handguns, roughly 500 rounds of ammunition and propane tanks, sparking a five‑hour standoff that left Ke’Arre Stewart, Jennifer Markovsky and Officer Garrett Swasey dead and nine others injured, and 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael J. Allen said victims and the community were "denied" full justice by his death.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Nov. 25 it is suspending operations at FCI Terminal Island near Los Angeles due to deteriorating tunnel ceilings and falling concrete that threaten the prison’s steam heating system. Director William K. Marshall III told staff the agency will relocate nearly 1,000 inmates to other federal facilities over the coming weeks, prioritizing proximity to release locations, while an assessment determines the facility’s future; an earlier engineering review identified more than $110 million in critical repairs over 20 years.