LOVED ONES COALITION
SPECIAL OVERSIGHT REPORT

FCC FORREST CITY

FCI Forrest City Low • FCI Forrest City Medium • Satellite Camp

A Federal Correctional Complex Falling Apart in Plain Sight

Repeated Water Failures, Sewage and Plumbing Concerns, Collapsing Ceilings, Unsafe Temperatures, Food Complaints, Medical Neglect, and a Bureau of Prisons That Has Yet to Publicly Account for What It Knew and What It Fixed

THE RECORD 26 substantive LOC reports over approximately fourteen months • actual photographs and video stills • reported regional walkthroughs • recurring conditions through September 2026

September 20, 2026
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Section 1 – Introduction & Background

FCC Forrest City is falling apart in plain sight.

For approximately fourteen months, Loved Ones Coalition has received report after report describing the same institution through different failures: water shutoffs, brown water, sewage, toilets that do not work, showers without hot water, leaking roofs, damaged ceilings, exposed utility spaces, oppressive heat, lack of ventilation, unsanitary food service, delayed medical care, restricted programming, grievance interference, and staff who are difficult or dangerous to approach.

This is not one complaint.

It is not one bad week.

It is not one broken toilet, one leaking roof, one meal tray, or one family frustrated with the Bureau of Prisons.

It is a sustained record.

Loved Ones Coalition reviewed all 46 reports in its public oversight archive through September 20, 2026. Forrest City appears 27 times. Twenty-six of those reports contain substantive or explicit facility material. The record begins on July 21, 2025 and continues through September 14, 2026.

Over that period, the reporting did not disappear.

It expanded.

It became more specific.

It became visual.

By May 2026, LOC was publishing video stills associated with a reported ceiling collapse. By July and August, photographs visibly showed open ceiling voids, exposed building systems, deteriorated restroom areas, standing moisture, damaged plumbing-access spaces, and institutional meals that families and incarcerated people were asking the public to see.

BOP regional personnel reportedly walked the complex in April 2026. They reportedly returned after ceiling-collapse footage circulated in June.

And the reports kept coming.

THE CENTRAL QUESTION How long does the Bureau of Prisons expect people to live like this—and what exactly did it do after receiving repeated notice?

This Deep Dive Is Built On

• Every substantive FCC Forrest City entry located in LOC’s public oversight archive.

• Direct testimony from incarcerated individuals and family members.

• Repeated reporting involving the Low, Medium, camp, SHU, housing units, showers, restrooms, food service, medical care, and institutional operations.

• Actual photographs and video stills published in LOC reports.

• Official BOP facility information, DOJ Office of Inspector General records, GAO findings, and credible public reporting.

• A strict separation between allegations, visible photographic evidence, official records, and facts that remain unresolved.

HOW TO READ THE EVIDENCE LOC testimony and allegations are identified as reports received by LOC. Photographs and video stills are described only by what is visible. BOP, DOJ, GAO, procurement, and congressional records are identified as official records. Media and court records are separately attributed. Unresolved claims remain unresolved; none is converted into a fact by repetition alone.

Official Facility Background

BOP’s current facility pages identify a low-security institution with an adjacent minimum-security camp and a separate medium-security institution at the same Forrest City complex. Both are in BOP’s South Central Region. BOP’s public population data, last modified September 17, 2026, listed 1,630 people at the Low, 272 at the camp, and 1,659 at the Medium—a complex-wide published count of 3,561. [G1–G3]

COMPONENT	SECURITY / ROLE	PUBLISHED POPULATION	OFFICIAL CONTACT
FCI Forrest City Low	Low; male; adjacent minimum-security camp	1,630	870-630-6000
Forrest City Camp	Minimum-security satellite camp	272	Via Low facility
FCI Forrest City Medium	Medium; male	1,659	870-494-4200

The 2023 FCC-wide PREA audit reported a designed capacity of 2,944, a population of 3,395 at the audit snapshot, and an average daily population of 3,344. The auditor answered “Yes” when asked whether the facility had operated over capacity during the prior twelve months. Using the audit’s FCC-wide design figure only as a benchmark, the September 2026 published population is 617 higher—approximately 21 percent. BOP should confirm that the capacity and current-population definitions remain directly comparable. The PREA audit evaluated PREA standards; it was not a general engineering, sanitation, food-service, or healthcare inspection. [G4]

A 1999 congressional appropriations record included $4.585 million for activation of the Forrest City facility. That historical record helps date the federal investment in the complex, but it does not establish the present condition of any building or system. [G5]

A Facility Already in Decline

The first LOC Forrest City entry located in July 2025 involved case-management access and prerelease decisions at the camp. One week later, reporting from the Medium described a water shutdown lasting more than ten hours, impaired hygiene, ignored sick calls, staff shortages, lockdowns, and obstruction of First Step Act credits and transfers.

By September, the allegations had spread to medical crises, death-related concerns, drinking-water access, maggots, sewage, hot water, food, programming, and retaliation.

By winter, families were reporting brown water, flooding, no heat, no hot water, leaks around toilets, damaged showers, dishwashing failures, and medical coverage concerns.

By spring and summer, the building itself was in the evidence.

“It rains inside every day.” Direct testimony published by LOC, November 17, 2025.

From Repeated Complaints to Photographic Proof

In April 2026, LOC reported that regional personnel had conducted a walkthrough.

In May, LOC published visual evidence connected to ceiling deterioration, standing water, damaged infrastructure, and unsanitary bathroom conditions.

In June, LOC reported that regional personnel returned after ceiling-collapse footage became public.

In July and August, more photographs followed.

In September, Forrest City was again designated a priority focus because the complaints had not ended.

The public record reviewed for this report does not contain the inspection findings from those regional visits. It does not contain a facility-wide corrective-action plan. It does not show which work orders were completed, what money was allocated, whether environmental testing occurred, or whether independent follow-up established that repairs lasted.

If BOP claims these conditions were fixed, it should produce dated completion evidence that can be compared against the later photographs and videos.

Absent that evidence, the continuing documentation speaks for itself: the reported problems were not permanently corrected before substantially similar or worsening conditions appeared again.

Section 2 – Infrastructure Collapse & Environmental Hazards

The physical condition of FCC Forrest City is not a cosmetic issue.

It is a safety issue.

It is a sanitation issue.

It is a health issue.

And after months of repeated reporting, it is an accountability issue.

LOC reports describe roof leaks, holes in ceilings, damaged housing areas, standing water, ceiling debris, exposed utility spaces, broken fixtures, dark staining, high humidity, and portions of the institution described as actively deteriorating around the people required to live there.

“This place is complete bs. When I say it is falling apart it is falling apart.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

“There is holes in the ceiling. This place is literally falling apart for real.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

The May 25 report states that LOC reviewed video footage allegedly showing a portion of a ceiling actively collapsing while incarcerated individuals remained nearby. The report describes falling debris and the obvious risk of injury to anyone standing underneath it.

The July 13 and August 17 reports continued the visual record, including photographs appearing to show ceiling openings, exposed framing, ductwork, utilities, damaged restroom areas, water-related staining, rust, and deteriorated fixtures.

A photograph cannot determine whether a building is structurally sound.

That is exactly why an engineering inspection should have happened—and why BOP should produce it.

EXHIBIT 1 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 14.

EXHIBIT 2 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 19.

EXHIBIT 3 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 27.

The Visual Record Did Not Stop With One Image

Read chronologically, the published images do not depict one isolated broken surface. In May, video stills showed active or recent ceiling deterioration and makeshift protection below open areas. In August, clear photographs showed extensive missing ceiling material and exposed building systems across restroom and shower spaces. In September, additional photographs showed a separate ceiling opening and damaged drain and floor areas. The images do not establish that every photograph depicts the same room or the same cause. They do establish that LOC continued receiving visual evidence of deterioration in multiple areas over multiple months after the issue was public.

MAY 25, 2026 Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 10.	AUGUST 17, 2026 Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 28.	SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 40.

WHAT THE SEQUENCE PROVES—AND WHAT IT DOES NOT The sequence proves recurrence in LOC’s published photographic record from May through September 2026. It does not, without inspection records and room identifiers, establish a single continuous defect or the technical cause. BOP holds the work orders, inspection files, and completion evidence needed to answer that question.

Known Hazards, No Public Accounting

The repetition matters.

Ceiling and roof concerns appear again and again from winter through September 2026. LOC reported regional attention. Visual evidence circulated publicly. Yet the reviewed record does not show the engineering assessment, emergency abatement, repair scope, contractor, completion date, or independent verification that the hazard was corrected.

BOP has an affirmative duty under 18 U.S.C. § 4042(a)(2) to provide for the safekeeping, care, and subsistence of people in its custody. That duty cannot be satisfied by waiting for a ceiling to finish collapsing.

Section 3 – Water, Plumbing & Sanitation

At Forrest City, water and plumbing failures are not isolated maintenance requests.

They are one of the longest-running themes in the LOC record.

• July 2025: a water shutdown reportedly lasted more than ten hours at the Medium, limiting hygiene and basic use.

• September 2025: the Low was reported to have maggots in sinks, no drinking fountains, delayed bottled water, and removed ice machines outside RDAP.

• September 2025: additional reporting described sewage, maggots, and lack of hot water.

• November 2025: reports described brown or contaminated-looking water, flooding, larvae from drains, and water shortages.

• January through March 2026: repeated reports described weeks without hot water, plumbing and roof leaks, liquid dripping near toilets, nonfunctioning sinks, and raw-sewage concerns.

• May and June 2026: reports returned to standing water, bathroom conditions, leaks between floors, hot water, and failing plumbing.

• July and August 2026: reports described no running water, movement to another component for showers, one working toilet, wet floors, and mattresses affected by humidity or moisture.

• September 2026: plumbing, sanitation, ceilings, and environmental conditions remained part of LOC’s priority reporting.

“We went almost 3 months with no hot water in H building.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

“The bathrooms are dirty as hell.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

A federal prison cannot treat functioning toilets, safe drinking water, hot water, drainage, and sanitary showers as optional conveniences.

These are basic conditions of confinement.

EXHIBIT 4 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 3.

EXHIBIT 5 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 18.

EXHIBIT 6 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 22.

EXHIBIT 7 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF pp. 23, 32.

Mold, Sewage & Contamination Claims

LOC repeatedly received allegations involving black mold, sewage, contaminated water, larvae, maggots, pests, and standing moisture.

Photographs show dark staining, damaged surfaces, deteriorated plumbing areas, and moisture-related conditions. They do not scientifically identify a substance as mold, sewage, or contamination.

That distinction does not make the concern disappear.

It establishes what BOP should produce: water testing, wastewater records, environmental sampling, sanitation inspections, pest-control logs, moisture assessments, remediation records, and proof that affected areas were safe before people were required to remain there.

Section 4 – Food & Commissary Deprivation

Food complaints appear throughout the Forrest City record.

In November 2025, LOC reported food shortages, small meals, and unsanitary meal conditions. Winter and spring reports raised dishwashing sanitation, booster-heater, meal quality, food temperature, portion, pest, and commissary concerns. By summer 2026, families were submitting photographs of meals and reporting spoiled dairy, allegedly moldy bread, repetitive portions, and a chow hall they described as infested with roaches and rats.

“It’s so bad in the chow hall that I don’t even go there to eat.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

“Roaches at least an inch big, rats.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

“The food was always cold.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

“Commissary — all the items were always out or running low.” Direct testimony published by LOC, May 25, 2026.

BOP’s responsibility is not satisfied by placing something on a tray.

Food must be safely stored, prepared, served in adequate portions, protected from pests, and supported by functioning sanitation equipment.

The photographs below document what was submitted to LOC. They do not establish calories, temperature, contamination, or menu compliance. Those questions require production sheets, menus, temperature logs, dietitian review, pest-control records, equipment maintenance, and inspection.

EXHIBIT 8 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 38.

EXHIBIT 9 — Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 40.

Section 5 – Medical Neglect, Medication & Death-Related Concerns

The medical reporting from Forrest City is serious because it repeatedly describes delay at the point where delay can become an emergency.

LOC received allegations involving ignored sick calls, medical crises, terminal illness, overnight clinical coverage, dental delays, medication access, and limits on medication-assisted treatment.

The September 15, 2025 report is the earliest located Forrest City entry connecting reported medical conditions with deaths. It states that “lives are being lost” and recounts family allegations that people denied treatment had died.

The report does not identify a decedent.

It does not provide a death date.

It does not establish an official cause.

LOC will not invent the missing connection.

But BOP does not get to use the absence of public information as proof that nothing happened.

The proper response is a review of medical staffing, sick-call timeliness, emergency response, medication administration, outside-hospital transfers, mortality reviews, and corrective actions.

Publicly Reported Deaths

DATE	PERSON	FACILITY	PUBLIC RECORD	RELATIONSHIP TO LOC REPORTING
June 16, 2023	Derrick McKinley, 43	Medium	Reported found unresponsive and pronounced dead.	Predates located LOC entries. No causal connection established.
February 7, 2024	Hunter Spence, 21	Low	Reported found unresponsive and died.	Predates located LOC entries. No causal connection established.
July 23–27, 2026	Sean L. Spurlock, 34	Medium	Found unresponsive; lifesaving measures and outside care reported; pronounced dead July 27.	Occurs during the LOC reporting period. Timing alone establishes no cause or connection.

LOC does not attribute these deaths to neglect, staffing, drugs, violence, suicide, infrastructure, or another cause without evidence.

LOC does demand the evidence.

What the Public Death Record Does—and Does Not—Show

A dedicated search of BOP and DOJ materials, local and national news archives, public court-search results, and combinations of the institution’s names with death, suicide, homicide, overdose, medical emergency, wrongful death, investigation, and OIG located the three named incidents above. The search did not locate another publicly named Forrest City death during the LOC reporting period from July 2025 through September 20, 2026. That is a search result, not proof that no other death or major emergency occurred. BOP does not maintain a complete, facility-searchable public mortality log containing the underlying incident, medical, autopsy, and corrective-action records.

DOJ OIG’s 2024 national evaluation reviewed 344 BOP deaths classified as suicide, homicide, accident, or unknown during fiscal years 2014–2021. OIG found significant shortcomings in emergency response in nearly half of the deaths reviewed, including lack of urgency, missing or unused equipment, unclear radio communication, and naloxone problems. OIG also found that BOP could not produce required death-related documents for many cases and recommended better record completion, broader after-action review, and enterprise-level tracking. The evaluation did not inspect Forrest City and does not establish the cause of any Forrest City death. It does establish why complete facility records, emergency-response evidence, and mortality-review documentation matter. [G11]

RECORDS REQUIRED FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW For every death or life-threatening emergency during the reporting period: BP-583 incident reports; 24-hour death notices; emergency-call and radio logs; AED, naloxone, gurney, and equipment checks; staffing rosters; medical chronology; outside-hospital transfer records; autopsy or medical-examiner findings where releasable; After Action Reviews where required or performed; Regional and Central Office notifications; corrective actions; and evidence of closure.

Repeated Notice Requiring Independent Investigation

The legal significance of notice is fact-specific. LOC is not a court, and this report makes no final constitutional finding. It does not label any person or office legally liable based on allegations, photographs, or silence.

The governing authorities nevertheless explain why repetition matters. Congress directs BOP to provide for the “safekeeping, care, and subsistence” of people charged with or convicted of federal offenses. 18 U.S.C. § 4042(a)(2). [L28] In Estelle v. Gamble, the Supreme Court held that deliberate indifference to serious medical needs may violate the Eighth Amendment, while negligence or a disagreement about treatment does not by itself meet that standard. [L29] In Farmer v. Brennan, the Court held that an official must know of and disregard an excessive risk to health or safety; knowledge may be inferred from circumstantial evidence, including in an appropriate case that a risk was obvious. The Court also made clear that a reasonable response can defeat liability even if harm is not ultimately averted. [L30]

Accordingly, the issue is not whether publication alone proves a constitutional violation. It does not. The issue is whether repeated, specific reports; images; grievances; work orders; emergency procurements; and reported regional visits placed responsible officials on actual notice, what they verified, what response they ordered, whether that response was reasonable, and why substantially similar conditions continued to appear afterward.

THE FINDING THIS REPORT DOES MAKE The accumulated record is sufficient to require an independent investigation of notice, response, completion, and recurrence. The ultimate legal conclusions belong to courts and authorized investigators after full production of the evidence.

Section 6 – Heat, HVAC, Staffing, Lockdowns & Safety

Forrest City’s reported environmental conditions move from one seasonal extreme to another.

Families reported lack of air conditioning and ventilation during heat, high humidity, wet floors, and mattresses placed on floors. Winter reports described lack of heat and hot water during subfreezing conditions.

The July 27, 2026 entry reported no air conditioning at the Low during elevated heat and loss of running water serious enough that people were reportedly taken to the Medium to shower.

Staffing shortages appear throughout the record alongside lockdowns, limited access to counselors and unit-team staff, restricted recreation, communication problems, and delayed response to maintenance or medical needs.

The July 20 report also alleged that an emergency call button had been removed and exposed wiring remained where the button had been. If accurate, that created two dangers at once: an electrical hazard and the loss of a way to summon help during an emergency.

The August 17 report expanded the safety concerns to converted communal spaces, overcrowding, fire/life-safety, and egress.

These are foreseeable risks.

BOP should produce staffing rosters by shift, lockdown logs, indoor temperature data, HVAC work orders, emergency-button repairs, fire inspections, occupancy decisions, and evacuation assessments.

Section 7 – FSA, Programming, Grievances & Retaliation

The Forrest City record is not limited to physical conditions.

From the first entry, LOC received complaints involving case-management access, prerelease placement, Second Chance Act decisions, First Step Act credits, transfers, programming, recreation, communication, and the ability to obtain answers from staff.

Later reports added grievance interference, retaliation, inaccessible staff, missing property, destruction of religious materials, and complaints that people were being held beyond asserted release dates.

Counselor Rendon was identified in the December 1, 2025 reporting. LOC preserves that name as it appeared in the underlying allegation and does not present the allegation as a proven personnel finding.

A prison’s grievance system is supposed to identify and correct problems before they become crises.

If people cannot safely report a broken toilet, a medical emergency, sewage, retaliation, or an incorrect release calculation without fearing consequences or being ignored, then the internal safeguard is not functioning.

Section 8 – BOP Notice, Regional Visits & Continued Failure

Government Paper Trail: Work Was Known, Funded, or Purchased

USAspending award data and related federal procurement records show a long, facility-specific paper trail involving the same categories that later recur in LOC reporting. The table below reproduces the government’s public award descriptions and listed amounts. These records are contextual evidence of identified work or services. An award does not prove that work was completed, accepted, adequate, or connected to a particular photograph or allegation. [P1–P15]

DATE	PUBLIC AWARD DESCRIPTION	LISTED AMOUNT	WHAT STILL REQUIRES PRODUCTION
Aug. 2012	Replace camp roof	$552,000	Scope, acceptance, warranty, later roof inspections
Aug. 2017	Replace roofs — Low	$1,052,929	Buildings covered, completion, warranty, remaining roofs
Sept. 2018	Replace roofs — Low, Phase II	$5,867,974	Completion/acceptance, leak history, warranty claims
May 2019	Repair chillers — Low/Medium	$215,000	Equipment repaired, service life, later failures
July 2020	Paint and coat water tower	$369,300	Inspection and coating records; current condition
Jan. 2022	Emergency repair of sewer lines	$47,819.36	Failure location, cause, completion, recurrence
Feb. 2022	Water heater — Low institution	$37,671.66	Installation, capacity, outages, later work orders
Apr. 2022	Lift-station control panels/wiring	$60,000	Commissioning, alarms, preventive maintenance
Aug. 2022	Water invoice — lift station down	$36,575.51	Outage duration, operational impact, corrective action
Jan. 2023	Annual water chemistry services	$47,379.96	Sampling locations, results, exceedances, corrections
Apr. 2025	Emergency retube — Medium boiler	$41,480.66	Failure date, hot-water impact, acceptance/testing
June 2025	Replace switchgear	$1,900,000	Construction schedule, outages, completion percentage
July 2025	Disposables because Medium dish machine inoperable	$41,900	Downtime, sanitation controls, repair/replacement date
Oct. 2025	Complex water-softener contract	$23,400	Service logs, water-quality monitoring, deficiencies
July 2026	Emergency facilities project — HVAC supplies/materials	$106,489.01	Affected systems/units, temperatures, installation and completion

The three roof awards alone carry listed values totaling $7,472,903. Later LOC reports and photographs still raised roof, leak, ceiling, and water-intrusion concerns. That does not prove the roof projects failed. It requires BOP to identify exactly what each project covered, whether it was completed and accepted, what warranties applied, which later leaks involved covered areas, and what happened after recurring complaints.

The same reasoning applies to water and wastewater. The public record includes annual water/sewer obligations, water-treatment and water-chemistry services, emergency sewer repair, lift-station controls, and an invoice expressly described as “lift station down.” Those records do not prove contaminated drinking water or sewage exposure. They do show that the complex’s water and wastewater systems generated recurring government expenditures and emergency work before LOC’s 2025–2026 reports. BOP should produce testing, outage, alarm, incident, and work-order records that permit a responsible comparison.

The July 2025 award for disposables expressly states that the Medium dish machine was inoperable. This is narrow official corroboration that food-service sanitation equipment was out of service at that time. It does not establish every later allegation about food, pests, temperature, portions, or dishwashing. BOP should provide the machine’s outage dates, interim sanitation protocol, health inspection, repair or replacement record, and return-to-service date.

The July 2026 HVAC award is described by the government as an “emergency facilities project.” It falls within the same month LOC reported no air conditioning at the Low. The timing and category overlap, but the public award data do not identify the housing unit, underlying defect, indoor temperatures, installation date, or whether the purchase resolved the reported condition. LOC does not claim causation; it asks BOP to produce the missing link.

What GAO Says BOP Should Be Able to Produce

GAO reported in 2022 that BOP tracked maintenance and repair needs but did not analyze its data well enough to identify trends in project type, timeliness, or cost. GAO later closed its recommendations after BOP enhanced its property-management system with project funding, obligations, completion percentages, estimated completion dates, deadlines, dashboards, and alerts, and expanded annual building-and-grounds assessments to address disaster risk. [G6]

If those controls are operating as represented, BOP should be able to produce a facility-specific export showing every open and completed Forrest City project, funding source, obligation, completion percentage, milestone, delay alert, inspection, and closeout. The absence of that accounting from the public record is not proof that it does not exist. It is the reason the report requests it.

Official Inspection Record Located

The principal facility-specific official inspection located in this review is the 2023 PREA audit. It provides a useful capacity and staffing snapshot and assesses PREA compliance. It is not an engineering, environmental, water, sanitation, food-service, fire/life-safety, or clinical inspection and cannot answer the physical-condition allegations documented here. The public search did not locate a released general BOP inspection, regional walkthrough report, environmental sampling package, facility-condition assessment, or corrective-action plan addressing the 2025–2026 LOC record. “Not publicly located” is not the same as “never created.” Those records should be produced.

The Notice Record

BOP cannot credibly say it had no notice.

LOC published report after report.

Families supplied testimony.

Incarcerated people supplied photographs and video.

Ceiling-collapse footage circulated publicly.

Regional personnel reportedly walked the institution in April 2026 and returned in June.

And by September 2026, the same complex was still being documented through collapsing ceilings, sewage and plumbing allegations, sanitation failures, medication concerns, deteriorated floors, damaged drains, open infrastructure, and occupied spaces that continued to generate new photographic evidence.

Loved Ones Coalition does not need BOP to publicly admit that the conditions persisted before recognizing what the continuing evidence shows.

The evidence did not stop after BOP was placed on notice.

It continued.

It expanded.

And later evidence documented additional deterioration across additional areas.

BOP’s refusal to publicly acknowledge the conditions does not erase the photographs, videos, live communications, or repeated testimony LOC continued to receive.

The Missing Record

• The dates and scope of every regional or central-office inspection.

• The names and titles of the officials who participated.

• Inspection photographs, notes, environmental testing, and engineering findings.

• Work orders, emergency repairs, project scopes, contractors, and completion dates.

• Funding requested, approved, denied, obligated, or still pending.

• Medical, food-service, sanitation, fire/life-safety, and staffing corrective actions.

• Independent follow-up confirming that repairs were completed and remained effective.

An undocumented walkthrough is not accountability.

A temporary repair is not a corrective plan.

A promise that the matter is being handled is not evidence that people are safe.

WHAT BOP MUST DO NOW Produce the record. Identify every condition it substantiated or disputed. Show what was repaired. Show what remains. Explain why the reports continued.

Chronology of Repeated Notice

DATE	COMPONENT	WHAT LOC REPORTED	SOURCE
2025-07-21	Camp	LOC reported that the camp’s case-management team denied or delayed prerelease placement, invoked budget limits, and was difficult to access behind locked hallway doors.	pp. 33
2025-07-28	Medium	LOC reported a water shutdown exceeding ten hours, impaired hygiene, delayed or ignored sick calls, alleged obstruction of earned-time credits and transfers, staffing shortages, and lockdowns.	pp. 20, 22
2025-09-15	Complex / components not consistently specified	LOC reported medical crises allegedly ignored, restricted access to medication-assisted treatment, and family claims that people denied treatment had died. The report used the phrase ‘lives are being lost’ but did not identify a decedent or provide an official cause of death.	pp. 1, 3
2025-09-23	Low	LOC reported maggots in sinks, absence of drinking fountains, delayed bottled-water distribution, removal of ice machines outside RDAP, and FSA-related concerns.	pp. 31, 32
2025-09-29	Complex	LOC reported sewage and maggots, lack of hot water, food quantity concerns, FSA/SCA issues, staff treatment concerns, programming limits, and transfer concerns.	pp. 23, 24
2025-11-03	Low	LOC reported food shortages and small meals, unsanitary meal conditions, restricted recreation, and perceived administrative inaction.	pp. 10, 12
2025-11-17	Low and Medium	LOC reported brown or contaminated-looking water, flooding, lack of air conditioning, larvae from drains, medical neglect, PREA concerns, FSA obstruction, and retaliation. Testimony stated, ‘It rains inside every day.’	pp. 22, 24
2025-12-01	Camp and Medium	LOC reported medical neglect involving a terminally ill person, alleged credit and prerelease-placement errors, retaliation, grievance interference, and detention beyond an asserted release date. Counselor Rendon was named in testimony; the allegations were not independently verified.	pp. 12, 13, 14, 15
2025-12-08	Complex (contextual mention only)	Contextual mention only; no dedicated facility section.	pp. 1
2026-01-05	Complex	LOC reported an alleged absence of overnight medical staff and warned that emergencies could go untreated. The report described risk of death but did not identify a specific fatality.	pp. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
2026-01-26	Low and Medium	LOC reported more than two weeks without hot water during subfreezing conditions, food-handling sanitation concerns, and lockdown-related restrictions.	pp. 48, 50, 51
2026-02-09	Low and Medium	LOC reported chronic roof and plumbing leaks, liquid described as contaminated dripping near toilets, weeks without heat or hot water, dishwashing failures, and reported food-related illness.	pp. 32, 33, 35
2026-02-23	Low / SHU	LOC reported continuing hot-water outages, mold-like conditions in showers, dishwashing sanitation problems, and infrastructure failures affecting the SHU and other areas.	pp. 38, 41
2026-03-09	Complex	LOC reported that hot-water problems continued and that a booster-heater/dishwashing problem remained relevant to food-service sanitation and operations.	pp. 26, 28
2026-03-16	Complex	LOC reported hot-water failures, toilet and raw-sewage concerns, nonfunctioning sinks, mold allegations in showers, food and commissary problems, staffing issues, and program limits.	pp. 13, 14, 16, 17
2026-03-30	Complex	LOC reported concerns regarding food quality and portions and delays in dental care.	pp. 2, 4, 5, 6
2026-04-13	Complex	LOC reported that regional personnel had conducted a walkthrough after ongoing reporting and asked what officials found, what corrective actions were ordered, and whether conditions had changed.	pp. 35, 36, 37
2026-05-25	Complex	LOC reported ceiling-collapse hazards, roof leaks, water damage, alleged black mold, unsanitary bathrooms, food and pest concerns, commissary shortages, FSA issues, missing property, and staff-conduct allegations. The report included video stills and stated LOC reviewed footage.	pp. 2, 18, 19, 22, 23
2026-06-01	Complex	LOC reported continued deterioration, plumbing leaks between floors, hot-water problems, dish-machine/booster-heater concerns, unpaid work allegations, and program/staff-conduct concerns.	pp. 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35
2026-06-08	Complex	LOC reported that regional personnel returned after public ceiling-collapse footage and asked what changed after the visit.	pp. 37
2026-06-22	Medium	LOC reported a bed-space shortage allegedly leading to SHU placement, delayed communications, restricted recreation, and lack of air or ventilation.	pp. 83, 84, 86, 87
2026-07-13	Complex	LOC published photographs appearing to show ceiling deterioration, water intrusion or staining, exposed utility spaces, rust, and dark discoloration consistent with the reported moisture concerns.	pp. 66, 67, 68
2026-07-20	Medium	LOC reported staffing shortages, toilet problems, a removed emergency button with exposed wiring, and food/menu concerns including allegedly moldy bread. Photographs documented infrastructure and meal trays.	pp. 35, 42, 44, 45
2026-07-27	Low	LOC reported lack of air conditioning during elevated heat, loss of running water, and movement to the Medium for showers.	pp. 16, 17, 18
2026-08-03	Low	LOC reported only one working toilet, humidity and wet floors or mattresses, spoiled-food concerns, a mold allegation in the visiting area, and closure of the chapel library.	pp. 28, 29, 30, 31
2026-08-17	Complex	LOC published extensive photographs and reports concerning damaged restrooms and showers, open ceiling voids, exposed utilities, plumbing and wastewater concerns, sanitation, conversion of communal areas to sleeping space, and egress/fire-safety concerns.	pp. 1, 18, 29, 32, 34, 35
2026-09-14	Complex	LOC designated Forrest City a priority focus, citing dozens of photographs and videos and recurring deterioration, plumbing, ceiling, sanitation, healthcare, and medication concerns. LOC requested a time-bound corrective plan and asked whether deactivation or closure had been considered.	pp. 1, 39, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55

A Pattern, Not an Isolated Complaint

The frequency table below counts a category no more than once per substantive Forrest City report. The December 8, 2025 archive-context entry is excluded. The coding is preserved report by report in the internal evidence ledger. “External corroboration” means only that an outside source documents an overlapping fact or system—not that it proves every LOC allegation in that category.

ISSUE	FIRST	MOST RECENT	LOC REPORTS	OUTSIDE RECORD	PUBLIC STATUS
FSA / programs / recreation	2025-07-21	2026-09-14	26	No facility-specific finding located	Unresolved
Sanitation / environmental	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	23	Dish-machine outage; waste/grease services	Unresolved
Medical / dental / MAT	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	23	OIG national emergency-response findings only	Unresolved
Safety / overcrowding	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	21	2023 PREA audit: over capacity	Unresolved
Food / basic needs	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	21	Official dish-machine outage/disposables award	Unresolved
Water / plumbing / sewage	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	19	Sewer, lift-station, water-treatment awards	Unresolved
Infrastructure deterioration	2025-11-03	2026-09-14	18	Roof, switchgear, generator, repair awards	Unresolved
HVAC / heat / cold	2025-09-29	2026-09-14	17	Chiller, boiler, emergency HVAC awards	Unresolved
Communication / mail	2025-07-28	2026-09-14	17	No facility-specific finding located	Unresolved
Retaliation / grievances	2025-07-28	2026-08-17	11	No facility-specific finding located	Unresolved
Deaths / serious risk	2025-09-15	2026-08-17	10	Three named deaths publicly reported; no cause link	Requires records
Staffing / lockdowns	2025-07-28	2026-07-20	9	OIG/AP national context only	Unresolved

VERIFIED ARCHIVE DENOMINATOR 46 public LOC reports were reviewed as PDFs. Twenty-seven contained a Forrest City reference. One—December 8, 2025—was archive context rather than a substantive facility entry. The resulting substantive denominator is 26. The ledger identifies all 46 reviewed files, all 27 hits, the one excluded context entry, pages, and category coding.

Section 9 – Conclusion & Requested Oversight Action

FCC Forrest City is in a state of sustained institutional failure.

The record is not built on one source or one condition.

It spans approximately fourteen months and multiple components of the complex.

• Repeated water shutoffs, drinking-water complaints, hot-water failures, brown water, flooding, plumbing breakdowns, toilet failures, sewage allegations, and standing moisture.

• Roof leaks, damaged ceilings, exposed building systems, reported falling debris, deteriorated restrooms, and visible infrastructure damage.

• Heat, lack of air conditioning, poor ventilation, high humidity, lack of heat, and unsafe seasonal conditions.

• Food shortages, small or repetitive meals, cold or undercooked food allegations, dishwashing failures, pests, spoiled items, and commissary shortages.

• Delayed medical care, ignored sick calls, medication and MAT concerns, dental delays, terminal illness, overnight coverage concerns, and death-related allegations requiring records.

• Staffing shortages, lockdowns, restricted recreation, limited communication, SHU and bed-space concerns, exposed wiring, emergency-response limitations, overcrowding, and egress concerns.

• FSA and prerelease disputes, inaccessible case teams, program closures, grievance interference, retaliation, missing property, and destruction of religious materials.

• Reported regional visits without a complete public accounting of findings, work, funding, completion, or sustained correction.

These are not isolated complaints.

They are the cumulative result of an institution repeatedly appearing in the same oversight record for substantially similar failures.

Without immediate outside intervention and documented corrective action, there is no reason to believe another walkthrough will produce a different result.

What Oversight Authorities Should Do Next

Loved Ones Coalition does not have subpoena power, inspection authority, or the ability to compel the Bureau of Prisons to respond.

The officials receiving this report do.

The purpose of this report is not to obtain another general assurance that FCC Forrest City is being monitored. It is to place a documented record before officials who can inspect the institution, obtain government records, question responsible officials, review federal spending, and require corrective action.

LOC calls on the appropriate oversight authorities to determine three things:

• What conditions exist at FCC Forrest City now?

• When did BOP officials first receive notice of the recurring conditions documented in this report?

• What permanent corrective work has actually been completed and independently verified?

Requested Oversight Actions

1. Conduct an Independent, Multidisciplinary Inspection

DOJ OIG, congressional oversight offices, or another qualified independent authority should assess whether the evidence warrants an unannounced inspection of the areas documented in LOC reports.

The inspection should focus on the photographed and repeatedly reported conditions involving ceilings, plumbing, wastewater, restrooms, showers, electrical and utility exposure, water service, HVAC, food service, sanitation, overcrowding, and emergency readiness.

2. Obtain the Records BOP Has Not Publicly Accounted For

Officials with appropriate authority should obtain and review:

• Findings from the reported April and June 2026 regional visits.

• Facility-condition assessments and inspection reports.

• Work orders, repair requests, and completion records.

• Contract scopes, modifications, invoices, acceptance records, and warranties.

• Water, wastewater, environmental-health, and sanitation records.

• Food-service equipment, dishwashing, pest-control, and inspection records.

• Emergency-response, medical-event, and mortality-review records.

• Current occupancy, rated-capacity, fire-safety, and emergency-egress records.

The relevant question is not simply whether a work order or contract existed. It is whether the work was completed, accepted, effective, and sufficient to correct the condition.

3. Require a Facility-Specific Repair Status Report

BOP should be required to provide the appropriate oversight authorities with a current, facility-specific accounting identifying:

• The condition and affected building or housing area.

• Whether the area remains occupied and what temporary protective measures are in place.

• The permanent repair planned and the responsible office or contractor.

• Funding status and expected completion date.

• Inspection or acceptance status and evidence that the repair resolved the problem.

This accounting should distinguish completed permanent repairs from temporary containment, recurring maintenance, pending projects, and unresolved conditions.

4. Determine Whether People Remain Exposed While Repairs Are Pending

Oversight officials should establish whether incarcerated people continue to live, shower, eat, sleep, or work in areas affected by leaking wastewater, damaged ceilings, exposed utilities, inadequate hot water, unsafe temperatures, deteriorated sanitation facilities, or malfunctioning food-service equipment.

Where conditions present an immediate safety or sanitation concern, BOP should document what interim protections, closures, relocations, or alternative services have been implemented.

5. Independently Review Deaths and Major Medical Emergencies

The publicly documented deaths and serious medical allegations identified in this report should be reviewed through the appropriate mortality-review, emergency-response, OIG, and medical-quality processes.

LOC is not asserting that the documented institutional conditions caused any particular death. The review should determine whether emergency response, staffing, medical access, documentation, notification, and required post-incident procedures were followed.

6. Conduct Confidential Interviews and Monitor Retaliation

Investigators should be able to speak privately with incarcerated people, family members, formerly incarcerated individuals, medical personnel, facilities employees, and other staff with relevant knowledge.

The review should specifically examine whether people have been discouraged from reporting conditions, denied access to administrative remedies, threatened with consequences, or subjected to retaliation after providing information.

7. Require Meaningful Follow-Up

An inspection without documented follow-up will not resolve the conditions described in this report.

The responsible oversight body should track findings, corrective actions, responsible officials, deadlines, completion evidence, and reinspection results. A public summary should be released wherever permitted by law, with personal medical information and identifying source information protected.

What LOC Is—and Is Not—Requesting

LOC is not asking BOP to admit every allegation in this report.

LOC is not claiming that a photograph independently proves the cause, duration, or chemical composition of a condition.

LOC is asking officials with actual oversight authority to examine the evidence, inspect the institution, obtain the government’s records, determine what remains unresolved, and establish whether the actions taken were sufficient.

A contract is not proof of a completed repair.

A walkthrough is not proof of correction.

A work order is not proof that people are no longer living with the condition.

THE RECORD NOW REQUIRES INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION The issue is not whether BOP sends LOC a courtesy response. The issue is whether officials with inspection, investigative, appropriations, or oversight authority establish what exists now, what BOP knew, what it did, and what remains unresolved.

Final Statement

FCC Forrest City is a federal correctional complex where people have been reported living beneath damaged ceilings, around failing plumbing, without reliable hot water or safe temperatures, with food and medical concerns that return month after month.

The Bureau of Prisons has been given notice.

The evidence has been published.

Regional personnel have reportedly visited.

The conditions have continued to reappear.

The Bureau of Prisons must stop treating recurrence as if it were new information.

The duty now falls to BOP leadership, the Department of Justice, Congress, federal oversight authorities, and the public to require action and ensure that people are no longer left living inside the same conditions they have been documenting for more than a year.

Appendix A – Complete Published Forrest City Photographic Record

The body of this report uses selected exhibits. This appendix preserves the larger photographic record published in LOC reports concerning FCC Forrest City. Captions identify only the exhibit number, source report, date, and PDF page. The surrounding report narrative and cited LOC source material provide the evidentiary context.

A-1. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 3.

A-2. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 4.

A-3. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 5.

A-4. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 6.

A-5. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 7.

A-6. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 8.

A-7. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 9.

A-8. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 10.

A-9. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 11.

A-10. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 12.

A-11. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 13.

A-12. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 14.

A-13. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 15.

A-14. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 16.

A-15. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, May 25, 2026, PDF p. 17.

A-16. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 36.

A-17. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 37.

A-18. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 38.

A-19. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 39.

A-20. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 40.

A-21. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, July 20, 2026, PDF p. 41.

A-22. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 18.

A-23. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 19.

A-24. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 20.

A-25. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 21.

A-26. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 22.

A-27. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 23.

A-28. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 24.

A-29. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 25.

A-30. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 26.

A-31. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 27.

A-32. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, August 17, 2026, PDF p. 28.

A-33. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 40.

A-34. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 41.

A-35. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 42.

A-36. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 43.

A-37. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 44.

A-38. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 45.

A-39. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 46.

A-40. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 47.

A-41. Source: LOC Weekly Oversight Report, September 14, 2026, PDF p. 48.

Source Notes

LOC report references identify the public archive PDF and relevant PDF pages. A complete field-level evidence ledger is maintained separately.

L1. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report July 21 2025, 2025-07-21, pp. 33. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-July-21-2025.pdf

L2. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report July 28 2025, 2025-07-28, pp. 20, 22. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-July-28-2025.pdf

L3. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Sept 15 2025, 2025-09-15, pp. 1, 3. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Sept-15-2025.pdf

L4. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Sept 23 2025, 2025-09-23, pp. 31, 32. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Sept-23-2025.pdf

L5. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Sept 29 2025, 2025-09-29, pp. 23, 24. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Sept-29-2025.pdf

L6. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Nov 3 2025, 2025-11-03, pp. 10, 12. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Nov-3-2025.pdf

L7. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Nov 17 2025, 2025-11-17, pp. 22, 24. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Nov-17-2025.pdf

L8. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Dec 1 2025, 2025-12-01, pp. 12, 13, 14, 15. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Dec-1-2025.pdf

L9. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Dec 8 2025, 2025-12-08, pp. 1. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Oversight-Report-Dec-8-2025.pdf

L10. Loved Ones Coalition, Oversight Report Jan 5 2026, 2026-01-05, pp. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Oversight-Report-Jan-5-2026.pdf

L11. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report January 26, 2026-01-26, pp. 48, 50, 51. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekly-Oversight-Report-January-26.pdf

L12. Loved Ones Coalition, 020926, 2026-02-09, pp. 32, 33, 35. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/020926.pdf

L13. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report February 23 2026, 2026-02-23, pp. 38, 41. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Weekly-Oversight-Report-February-23-2026.pdf

L14. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report March 9 2026, 2026-03-09, pp. 26, 28. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekly-Oversight-Report-March-9-2026.pdf

L15. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report March 16 2026, 2026-03-16, pp. 13, 14, 16, 17. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekly-Oversight-Report-March-16-2026.pdf

L16. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Overisght Report March 30 2026, 2026-03-30, pp. 2, 4, 5, 6. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekly-Overisght-Report-March-30-2026.pdf

L17. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report April 13 2026, 2026-04-13, pp. 35, 36, 37. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Weekly-Oversight-Report-April-13-2026.pdf

L18. Loved Ones Coalition, May252026WeeklyOversightReport, 2026-05-25, pp. 2, 18, 19, 22, 23. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May252026WeeklyOversightReport.pdf

L19. Loved Ones Coalition, 06012026WeeklyOversightReport, 2026-06-01, pp. 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/06012026WeeklyOversightReport.pdf

L20. Loved Ones Coalition, June082026WeeklyOversightReport, 2026-06-08, pp. 37. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June082026WeeklyOversightReport.pdf

L21. Loved Ones Coalition, June222026, 2026-06-22, pp. 83, 84, 86, 87. https://lovedonescoalition.org/weekly-oversight-report-june-22-2026/

L22. Loved Ones Coalition, July 13 Weekly Oversight Report, 2026-07-13, pp. 66, 67, 68. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/July-13-Weekly-Oversight-Report.pdf

L23. Loved Ones Coalition, Weekly Oversight Report July 20 2026, 2026-07-20, pp. 35, 42, 44, 45. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Weekly-Oversight-Report-July-20-2026.pdf

L24. Loved Ones Coalition, July 27 2026 Weekly Oversight Report, 2026-07-27, pp. 16, 17, 18. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/July-27-2026-Weekly-Oversight-Report.pdf

L25. Loved Ones Coalition, August32026 Weekly Oversight Report, 2026-08-03, pp. 28, 29, 30, 31. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/August32026-Weekly-Oversight-Report.pdf

L26. Loved Ones Coalition, August172026 Weekly Oversight Report, 2026-08-17, pp. 1, 18, 29, 32, 34, 35. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/August172026-Weekly-Oversight-Report.pdf

L27. Loved Ones Coalition, Sept 14 2026 Weekly Oversight Report, 2026-09-14, pp. 1, 39, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55. https://lovedonescoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sept-14-2026-Weekly-Oversight-Report.pdf

G1. BOP, FCI Forrest City Low facility page. https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/for/

G2. BOP, FCI Forrest City Medium facility page. https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/fom/

G3. BOP, facility population statistics; data retrieved Sept. 20, 2026 and modified Sept. 17, 2026. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/population_statistics.jsp

G4. BOP, FCC Forrest City PREA Audit Report, final report Aug. 26, 2023, pp. 2–3. https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/for/for_prea.pdf?v1.0.2

G5. Congressional Record, July 26, 1999, pp. S9064–S9065 (Forrest City activation funding). https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-145/issue-105/senate-section/article/S9046-1

G6. GAO-22-104289, Bureau of Prisons: Enhanced Data Capabilities, Analysis, Sharing, and Risk Assessments Needed for Disaster Preparedness, Feb. 2, 2022, including recommendation-status updates through May 2026. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-104289

G7. BOP, Director William K. Marshall III official biography. https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/bio_dir.jsp

G8. BOP, South Central Regional Director Danon Colbert official biography. https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/bio_scr.jsp

G9. BOP, Office of Public Affairs and Legislative Affairs contacts. https://www.bop.gov/resources/media_resources.jsp

G10. DOJ OIG, former FCC Forrest City correctional officer sentencing release, Nov. 13, 2025. https://oig.justice.gov/news/press-release/former-bop-correctional-officer-sentenced-receiving-bribe-public-official

G11. DOJ OIG Report 24-041, Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Inmate Deaths in BOP Institutions, Feb. 2024, executive summary pp. i–iii. https://oig.justice.gov/reports/evaluation-issues-surrounding-inmate-deaths-federal-bureau-prisons-institutions

G12. Associated Press, national BOP facilities and repair-backlog context, May 8, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/bureau-of-prisons-staffing-trump-hiring-freeze-justice-department-1d1d892dccaf97db2c6fb8696e69ac51

D1. Action News 5, Derrick McKinley death report. https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/06/16/inmate-forrest-city-federal-prison-found-unresponsive-pronounced-dead/

D2. KAIT8, Hunter Spence death report. https://www.kait8.com/2024/02/08/inmate-dies-arkansas-prison/

D3. KAIT8/WMC, Sean L. Spurlock death report. https://www.kait8.com/2026/07/28/inmate-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-fci-forrest-city-medium/

L28. 18 U.S.C. § 4042(a)(2), official U.S. Code. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section4042&num=0&edition=prelim

L29. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976), official U.S. Reports PDF. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep429/usrep429097/usrep429097.pdf

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Federal Award Records

Amounts and descriptions below are transcribed from USAspending award data. They are obligations/award values shown in the public record, not proof of completion or acceptance.

P1. 2012-08-07; DJBP0508LPZ30001; Replace camp roof; $552,000. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_DJBP0508LPZ30001_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P2. 2017-08-31; DJBP0508S1G50001; Replace roofs (Low); $1,052,929. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_DJBP0508S1G50001_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P3. 2018-09-26; 15B50818CT4L60001; Replace roofs (Low), Phase II; $5,867,974. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50818CT4L60001_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P4. 2019-05-09; 15B50819PU9P30001; Repair chillers Low–Medium; $215,000. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50819PU9P30001_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P5. 2020-07-31; 15B50820CV1Y50001; Paint and coat water tower; $369,300. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50820CV1Y50001_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P6. 2022-01-11; 15B50822P00000062; Emergency repair of sewer lines; $47,819.36. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50822P00000062_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P7. 2022-02-16; 15B50822P00000091; Water heater, Low institution; $37,671.66. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50822P00000091_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P8. 2022-04-20; 15B50822P00000127; Lift-station control panels and wiring; $60,000. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50822P00000127_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P9. 2022-08-25; 15B50822P00000196; Water invoice for lift station down; $36,575.51. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50822P00000196_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P10. 2023-01-18; 15B50823F00000074; Annual water chemistry services; $47,379.96. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50823F00000074_1540_GS07F0729N_4730

P11. 2025-04-22; 15B50825P00000211; Emergency retube, Medium boiler; $41,480.66. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50825P00000211_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P12. 2025-06-27; 15BFA025C00000027; Replace switchgear; $1,900,000. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15BFA025C00000027_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P13. 2025-07-16; 15B50825F00000161; Disposables due to Medium dish machine inoperable; $41,900. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50825F00000161_1540_47QSEA23D0020_4732

P14. 2025-10-01; 15B50826P00000040; Complex water-softener contract; $23,400. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B50826P00000040_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-

P15. 2026-07-13; 15B51126P00000003; Emergency facilities project—HVAC supplies and materials; $106,489.01. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15B51126P00000003_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-