As detailed in this press release, FAMM President Kevin Ring has now sent this letter to President Trump urging him to appoint a director of for the US Bureau of Prisons ASAP. Here is how this latter gets started:
I write today to urge you to appoint a reform-minded individual to serve as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as soon as possible. The BOP has been without a permanent director since General Mark Inch’s resignation from the post in May of this year. The void in consistent leadership has caused and exacerbated numerous problems throughout the federal prison system, for both staff and those in custody.
FAMM is in contact with over 35,000 federal prisoners and their family members on a regular basis. Through our correspondence, we have learned of continual problems plaguing the BOP’s programs and operations. We hear frequently from prisoners and their families about the lack of adequate medical care or medical attention when requested. We continue to hear about lastminute reductions in halfway house time and continued underutilization of home confinement for low-risk individuals. We have seen the BOP routinely neglect its role in identifying eligible candidates for the federal compassionate release program, which would allow the courts to consider resentencing terminally ill or elderly prisoners. We have also learned of several BOP facilities instituting questionable and problematic policies regarding family visits and limiting prisoner access to mail from their loved ones as well as access to books. Because education and strong family ties are proven to help in the rehabilitation of prisoners, these policies pose a significant threat to successful rehabilitation and should be reversed under new leadership.
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