Federal inspectors say sports gambling materials were sitting out in the open across several housing units at USP Canaan, according to a newly released watchdog report examining conditions inside the federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania . Investigators from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General arrived for an unannounced inspection in June 2025 and said they repeatedly encountered betting-related flyers and other gambling materials in inmate common areas. “We observed gambling flyers under televisions, on tables, and on top of a correctional officer control panel,” the report said . One flyer was “partially covering a Prison Rape Elimination Act reporting poster.” Inspectors said the activity appeared widespread rather than isolated to one section of the prison. “We observed sports gambling flyers posted throughout the common areas in all five housing units we visited,” the report stated.…