Bureau of Prisons: Management of New Prison Activations Can Be Improved

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By Dave Maurer (au)
Year: 2014
Pages: 65
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-5797-3

Product Code: 1457857979

Description

The federal inmate population has increased over the last two decades, and as of July 2014, the Department of Justice's (DOJäó»s) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was responsible for the custody and care of more than 216,000 inmates. To handle the projected growth of between 2,500 and 3,000 or more inmates per year from 2015 through 2020, BOP has spent about $1.3 billion constructing five new institutions and acquiring one in Thomson, IL. BOP is activating these institutions by staffing and equipping them and populating them with inmates. This report reviewed, among other things, (1) the extent to which BOP is activating institutions within estimated timeframes and has an activation policy or schedules that meet best practices; and (2) why DOJ purchased Thomson and how the purchase affected system wide costs. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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