Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for all Federal prisons and provide for the care, custody, and control of federal prisoners.
Agency overview
May 14, 1930
Courage. Respect. Integrity. Correctional Excellence.
36,697[1]
- Colette S. Peters, Director
- William Lothrop, Jr., Deputy Director
- Kathleen Toomey, Associate Deputy Director
- Seth Bogin, co-Chief of Staff
- Rina Desai, co-Chief of Staff
Administration and employees[edit]
The current director of the Bureau of Prisons is Colette S. Peters.[10][11]
As of 2020, 62.5% of Bureau employees are white, 21.3% are black, 12.6% are Hispanic, 2.3% are Asian, and 1.3% are Native American. 72% are male.[12] There is roughly one corrections officer for every 12.5 prisoners.[13]
All BOP law enforcement employees undergo 200 hours of formal training in their first year of employment and an additional 120 hours of training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia.[14]
The BOP has five security levels:
Some units have small, adjacent, minimum-security "satellite camps". Twenty-eight institutions hold female inmates. As of 2010, about 15% of Bureau inmates are in facilities operated by third parties, mostly private companies, while others are in local and state facilities. Some are in privately operated Residential Reentry Centers (RRC) or Community Corrections Centers. The Bureau uses contract facilities to manage its own prison population because they are "especially useful" for housing low-security, specialized groups of people, such as sentenced criminal aliens.[17]
Correctional officers[edit]
In the BOP, correctional officers are uniformed federal law enforcement officers who are responsible for the care, custody, and control of federal inmates. The BOP has a Special Operations Response Team and Disturbance Control Team.
