The Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Release Preparation and Transitional Reentry Programs
Report No. 04-16
March 2004
Office of the Inspector General
The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the BOP ensures that federal inmates benefit from its programs designed to prepare inmates for successful reentry into society. The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the BOP ensures that each of its institutions maximize the number inmates that complete programs designed to prepare inmates for reentry into society including occupational, educational, psychological, and other programs; and all eligible inmates are provided the opportunity to transition through a CCC in preparation for reentry into society. We conducted our audit in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. We included such tests as were necessary to accomplish the audit objectives. We conducted fieldwork at the BOP Central Office, and conducted field work and/or obtained information through questionnaires from the following BOP regional offices and institutions:
We also examined reported data for the 82 institutions listed in the following table.
The 82 institutions include the ADX and all FCIs, FPCs, and USPs. We excluded the FDCs, FMCs, FTCs, MCCs, MCFPs, and MDCs because of the unique missions of these institutions. To determine the percentage of the educational and occupational goals achieved, we obtained the Annual Program Report for Education and Recreation Services for FY 1999 through FY 2002 for each institution included in our audit. We compared the completion goals and outcomes reported for each institution’s GED, ESL, ACE, parenting, and occupational programs and determined the percentage of goal achieved, which equates to the outcome divided by goal. Additionally, for FY 2002 we compared the National Strategic Plan performance indicator goal and outcome for the percent of inmates enrolled in one or more education programs for each institution and determined the percentage of goal obtained. To determine the percentage of the CCC utilization targets achieved for each institution during FY 2000 through 2002, we obtained the total number of inmates transferred to a CCC and total number of inmates released directly to the community as reported in the BOP’s Key Indicators system.48 To calculate the CCC utilization rate for each institution, which equates to the number of inmates transferred to a CCC divided by the number of inmates transferred to a CCC plus the number of inmates released directly into the community. We then compared the CCC utilization rate for each institution to the BOP’s goal for that security level and determined the percentage of the goal achieved which equates to the outcome divided by goal. To determine the GED performance factor for each institution during FY 1999 through FY 2002, we obtained the total number of completions and withdrawals from the BOP’s Key Indicators system. We then calculated the GED performance factor, which equates to completions divided by completions plus withdrawals. Additionally, to determine the GED performance factor based on voluntary withdrawals for each institution, we obtained the total number of completions and voluntary withdrawals from the BOP’s Key Indicators system. We then calculated the GED performance factor, which equates to completions divided by completions plus voluntary withdrawals. To determine the percentage of citizen inmates required to participate in the literacy program that have dropped out and are therefore not promotable above the maintenance pay grade for work programs, we obtained the percentage of GED Dropped Non-promotable (GED DN) from the BOP’s Key Indicators system for FY 1999 through FY 2002. Additionally, to determine the percentage of noncitizen inmates required participate in the literacy program that have dropped out and are therefore not promotable above the maintenance pay grade for work programs, we obtained the percentage of Exempt GED Non-promotable (GED XN) from the BOP’s Key Indicators system. Finally, to determine the occupational technical and vocational performance factors for each institution during FY 1999 through FY 2002, we obtained the total number of completions and withdrawals from the BOP’s Key Indicators system. We then calculated the occupational technical performance factor, which equates to completions divided by completions plus withdrawals. Footnotes |