Federal Prisons: Improvements Needed to the System Used to Assess and Mitigat...
What GAO Found The First Step Act of 2018 (FSA) required the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to assess incarcerated people’s risk of recidivism and their needs, that if addressed, may reduce that risk. BOP did not conduct all assessments within required time frames (28 days for initial and 90 or 180 days for reassessments) for various reasons, including technology issues. For example, BOP conducted initial risk assessments within required time frames for about 75 percent of the 57,902 incarcera
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| Title | Source | Tier | Published |
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| Federal Prisons: Improvements Needed to the System Used to Assess and Mitigate Incarcerated People’s Recidivism Risk Representative | gao.gov | S1 | 2026-01-27 12:14:41 |