By Lynn Espejo
South East Bureau Chief
The Midnight Report
Earlier this week, I reported on what appears to be a plan hatched by staff at the South Central Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to circumvent the Cares Act. As reported, that region has seen a rise in inmates that were released under the Cares Act being violated for minor infractions and returned to prison.
It is not lost on this reporter that the bureau's fiscal year-end is quickly approaching. President Biden's detailed budget proposal released on May 27, 2021, requested $7.8 billion for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This budget appears to be a 3.5% decrease from the last fiscal year-end. The 2022 budget request includes a reduction of $267 million to reflect decreases in the BOP's inmate population—a decrease that is a direct result, in part, due to the number of inmates released under the Cares Act.
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