Summary
Bureau of Prisons - Architecture Construction & Design
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) developed a four-fold strategy to accommodate the increasing number of prisoners. These include the increased use of contract facilities, expansion of existing facilities, acquisition and conversion of military facilities into prisons and building of new correction institutions. Some of the facilities adapted the 'campus plan' layout, while the rest were designed for pretrial detention.See the full content of this document
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The BOP's response to population growth.
Over the past 15 years, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has experienced a dramatic growth in its inmate population. The number of inmates confined in federal facilities has risen from about 23,800 in 1981 to its present level of more than 91,400, with an additional 10,000 inmates now housed in contract facilities.
Driving this unprecedented growth: a series of changes in sentencing laws. In 1986, a number of mandatory minimum sentences, primarily for drug offenders, were implemented. In the ...See the full content of this document
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