As the federal Bureau of Prisons faces increased scrutiny over its latest scandal — involving a women’s prison known as the “rape club” — people striving to hold it accountable say they’re being attacked for speaking up.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opened Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday.

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.