U. S. Department of Justice Federal Prison System fy 2012 performance budget congressional Submission Salaries and Expenses Table of Contents
Item Name: Increase Good Conduct Time Proposed Legislation
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Item Name: Increase Good Conduct Time Proposed Legislation Budget Decision Unit(s): Inmate Care and Program and Institution Security & Administration Strategic Goal(s) & Objective(s): Goal 3; Objectives 3.3 and 3.4 Organizational Program: Operations – Slow the rate of inmate growth Component Ranking of Item: N/A Program Increase: Positions 0 Correctional Officers 0 FTE 0 Dollars $(41,000,000) Description of Item The DOJ has developed proposed legislation to amend Federal inmate good conduct time credit to provide inmates incentives that encourage positive behavior. The legislation would increase good time credit availability by seven days per year. The DOJ is hopeful this could be considered and enacted quickly. If enacted before FY 2012, this change could potentially result in a significant cost avoidance of up to $41 million in FY 2012 by slowing the rate of inmate growth. Justification The BOP is operating at 36 percent over its rated capacity system-wide. Crowding is of special concern at higher security facilities including penitentiaries (operating at 52 percent over capacity) and medium-security institutions (operating at 41 percent over capacity). The BOP has managed severe crowding by double bunking throughout the system – 93 percent of all high-security cells and 100 percent of all medium-security cells are double-bunked. In addition, approximately 15 percent of all medium-security cells are triple-bunked or inmates are being housed in space that was not designed for inmate housing. Correctional administrators agree that crowded prisons result in greater tension, frustration, and anger among the inmate population, which leads to conflicts and violence, and certainly constrain the BOP’s ability to provide reentry programming to inmates. This proposed legislation will continue to provide inmates with incentives for good behavior as well as to participate in programming that is proven to reduce the likelihood of recidivism. The proposed sentencing reforms include (1) an increase in the amount of credit an inmate can earn for good behavior, and (2) a new sentence reduction credit, which inmates can earn for participation in education and vocational programming. These proposals if enacted before FY 2012 could result in significant cost avoidance, potentially up to $41 million in FY 2012, by slowing the rate of the federal inmate prison population growth. Impact on Performance This change would increase the incentives for inmates to comply with institution rules and would slow the growth of the inmate population. Inmates who refuse to comply with institution rules would not earn some or all of the credits and would not be released as early. Finally, if this legislation is not enacted on-time, this funding shortfall will be made up from DOJ’s Assets Forfeiture Fund. Funding Base Funding
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