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The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program
Report Number I-2000-023
September 2000

U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General


September 29, 2000


MEMORANDUM FOR: KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
 
FROM: GLENN A. FINE
ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL
 
SUBJECT: Inspection of the Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, I-2000-023

Attached is the final report on our inspection of the Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP). The inspection reviewed BOP's overall management of the IFRP and selected institutions' compliance with IFRP policies and procedures. We sent copies of the draft report to your office on September 8, 2000, and requested written comments on the findings and recommendations. We have attached your comments as an appendix to the final report.

On the basis of the written comments we received, we consider Recommendations 1, 2, 3, and 4 resolved and closed. Therefore, the inspection report is closed and no further action by BOP is required.

We appreciate the courtesies extended to our inspection staff. We hope the information contained in the attached report will be useful in your efforts to improve and enhance the IFRP.

Attachment

cc:   Michael W. Garrett
Senior Deputy Assistant Director
Program Review Division
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Vickie L. Sloan
Director
Departmental Audit Liaison Office