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Text of Recommendation
The BOP should revise its policies, procedures, or training to ensure that BOP employees understand the importance of carefully reading court orders and seeking guidance when they do not understand them; wait for approval from the relevant U.S. Probation Office before releasing inmates who require such approval; and take other steps to ensure safe and humane transport of inmates to their release destination, including seeking assistance from a BOP social worker or medical provider and utilizing air ambulance services where appropriate.
Recommendation Number
8
Date Issued
Status
Resolved
Component
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Report
Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Conditions of Confinement and Medical Treatment of Frederick Mervin Bardell and Related Representations to the Court, Upon Referral by Senior U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr.