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Federal Bureau of Prison's Efforts to Manage Inmate Health Care

DOJ OIG: The Federal Bureau of Prison’s Efforts to Manage Inmate Health Care, Audit Report 08-08, February 2008.

  • “The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for confining
    federal offenders in prisons that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and secure. As part of these duties, the BOP is responsible for delivering medically necessary health care to inmates in accordance with applicable standards of care. As of November 29, 2007, the BOP housed 166,794 inmates in 114 BOP institutions at 93 locations.1 During FY 2007, the BOP obligated about $736 million for inmate health care. The BOP provides health care services to inmates primarily through: (1) in-house medical providers employed by the BOP or assigned to the BOP from the Public Health Service, and (2) contracted medical providers who provide either comprehensive care or individual services.”
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