The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing the notorious "rape club" women's prison in Dublin and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement. The agency informed employees and Congress on Thursday through a notification that it plans to shutter the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin that has been the center of controversy for a number of years. The bureau is additionally deactivating multiple minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. The agency said staff and inmates at the impacted locations will be moved to other facilities. The document issued by the Bureau of Prisons said it was taking "decisive and strategic action" to address "significant challenges, including a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources." The agency said it is not downsizing and is committed to finding positions for every affected employee. The closures are a striking coda to the Biden administration's stewardship of the Justice Department's biggest agency. After repeatedly promising to reform FCI Dublin and other troubled facilities, Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters is pivoting to closures and consolidation, citing inadequate staffing and staggering costs to repair aging infrastructure. The permanent shutdown of FCI Dublin comes seven months after announcing a temporary closure following reform attempts in the wake of staff-on-inmate abuse that led to the "rape club" moniker. At the time, it appeared the agency was set on closing the low-security prison, but officials held out the possibility that it could be repaired and reopened for a different purpose, such as housing male inmates. The assessment identified considerable repairs necessary to reopen the FCI Dublin, the agency said. Low staffing, exacerbated by the high cost of living in the Bay Area, also contributed to the decision to close the facility, the agency said. "We understand the impact the closure will have on our employees and are committed to ensuring all are able to continue accomplishing the agency's mission at other locations," the statement read. The prison has been at the center of a years-long investigation . Since 2021, at least eight employees, including a former warden, have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. Five employees have pleaded guilty. Two were convicted at trial, including former warden Ray Garcia. The case against the eighth employee is pending . At the time of the closure announcement, FCI Dublin was housing about 600 inmates. The move comes three years after the agency closed its troubled New York jail in Manhattan after myriad problems came to light in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide there, including lax security, staffing shortages and squalid, unsafe conditions such as falling concrete and busted cells. The Bureau of Prisons and the correctional workers union have repeatedly pushed for additional federal prison funding, highlighting what they say is an inadequate amount of money to address pay increases, staff retention and a multibillion-dollar repair backlog. More than half of federal prison facilities were built before 1991 and many are becoming outmoded or obsolete, the agency said. The agency said it expects that reassigning employees to remaining facilities will boost retention and cut down on mandatory overtime and augmentation, a practice by which cooks, teachers, nurses and other prison workers are assigned to guard inmates. FCI Dublin's permanent closure represents an extraordinary acknowledgement by the Bureau of Prisons that it has failed to fix the facility's culture and environment in the wake of AP reporting that exposed rampant sexual abuse within its walls. Hundreds of people who were incarcerated at FCI Dublin are suing the agency, seeking reforms and monetary compensation for mistreatment at the facility. The closures at FCI Dublin and across the federal prison system come amid an AP investigation that has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons. AP reporting has disclosed widespread criminal activity by employees, dozens of escapes, chronic violence, deaths and severe staffing shortages that have hampered responses to emergencies, including assaults and suicides. In July, President Joe Biden signed a law strengthening oversight of the agency after AP reporting spotlighted its many flaws.
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PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lessened its stake in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF ( NYSEARCA:GWX – Free Report ) by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 203,490 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,743 shares during the quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s holdings in SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF were worth $6,945,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 2,721.2% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 502,317 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,315,000 after purchasing an additional 484,512 shares during the period. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC increased its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 469,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,243,000 after acquiring an additional 1,391 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its position in SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 5.3% in the 2nd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 182,848 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,804,000 after purchasing an additional 9,231 shares during the last quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC boosted its stake in SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 30,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $972,000 after purchasing an additional 787 shares during the period. Finally, Csenge Advisory Group grew its position in SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 16,475 shares of the company’s stock worth $523,000 after purchasing an additional 488 shares during the last quarter. SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF Stock Performance Shares of NYSEARCA:GWX opened at $31.79 on Friday. SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF has a one year low of $29.68 and a one year high of $34.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $629.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.15 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.81 and a 200-day simple moving average of $32.52. SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF Company Profile SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the total return performance of the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. Under USD2 Billion Index (the Index), an equity index based upon the world (excluding the United States) small-cap composite market. The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that defines and measures the investable universe of publicly traded companies domiciled in developed countries outside the United States. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding GWX? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF ( NYSEARCA:GWX – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Some Coalition MPs have cold feet on the social media ban. Dutton will stare them downNone