Bureau of Prisons
Seal of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
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 Flag of the Federal Bureau of Prisons |
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| Formed | 1930 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Motto | Correctional Excellence. Respect. Integrity. |
| Employees | 39,925 |
| Annual budget |
7.3 billion USD (FY 2016) |
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| Parent agency | Department of Justice |
| Website | www |
7.3 billion USD (FY 2016)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), is a United States federal law enforcement agency. A subdivision of the U.S. Department of Justice, the BOP is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system handles inmates who have violated, or are accused of violating, federal law. The BOP also holds inmates who have committed felonies in Washington, D.C.
The BOP is also responsible for carrying out all judicially ordered federal executions (other than those carried out under military law) in the United States.
The Federal Prison System existed for more than 30 years before the BOP was established. Although its wardens functioned almost autonomously, the Superintendent of Prisons, a Department of Justice official in Washington, was nominally in charge of Federal prisons, starting with the passage of the "Three Prisons Act' in 1891, which authorized the Federal Government's first three penitentiaries: USP Leavenworth, USP Atlanta, and USP McNeil Island with limited supervision by the United States Department of Justice afterwards.
Until 1907, prison matters were handled by the Justice Department's General Agent. The General Agent was responsible for Justice Department accounts, oversight of internal operations, and certain criminal investigations, as well as prison operations. In 1907, the General Agent's office was abolished, and its functions were distributed among three new offices: the Division of Accounts (which evolved into the Justice Management Division); the Office of the Chief Examiner (which later evolved by 1908, into the Bureau of Investigation, and later by the early 1920s into the Federal Bureau of Investigation); and the Office of the Superintendent of Prisons and Prisoners, later called the Superintendent of Prisons (which then evolved by 1930 into the Bureau of Prisons).
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