NCJ Number
144952
Journal
Southern California Law Review Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Dated: (November 1992) Pages: 217-223
Date Published
1992
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The former director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) writes about that agency's use of intermediate sentencing options.
Abstract
BOP uses intermediate punishments within its overall incarceration system, in cases in which public safety is not an issue. It sends inmates to Community Corrections Centers (CCC's), or "halfway houses" for job placement, counseling, drug treatment, and other forms of assistance. The bureau also operates, in cooperation with the U.S. Probation Service, "halfway back" programs in Washington, DC, Maryland, and northern Ohio. About 210 BOP inmates are serving their sentences in home confinement; almost 100 are electronically monitored, and the rest are supervised by CCC staff. In mid-1992, 168 inmates were serving community service sentences. BOP must balance the need to protect the public with the obligation to offer inmates a chance for rehabilitation. As of the publication of this article, BOP's inmate population was more than 66,000--148 percent of capacity--and projected to reach 100,000 by 1995. 2 charts and 7 footnotes