Capstone Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-054

Component, if applicable:

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Review

Special Projects:

Pandemic

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Conduct a thorough assessment of single-celling policies and processes, including those applicable to inmates housed in quarantine and medical isolation units and to inmates vulnerable to suicide.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that actions, including any policy revisions, the BOP takes to close the two open recommendations from our 2017 restrictive housing report that reference single-celling also apply to single-celling during quarantine and medical isolation.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Explore options for permanent changes to facility infrastructures that would allow for better implementation of social distancing and other infection control measures.
6	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Immediately update guidance regarding (1) when staff should notify the families of inmates who become seriously ill or die, including a specific timeframe, and (2) uniform criteria for what constitutes a serious illness.
7	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that inmate family information, or the inmate emergency contact form, is updated according to policy and readily available for BOP staff who need to notify next of kin in cases of inmate serious illness or death.
10	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Assess how to improve staff and inmate compliance with healthcare protective equipment measures at its facilities and issue clear guidance to facilities about the importance of compliance.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Conduct a thorough assessment of single-celling policies and processes, including those applicable to inmates housed in quarantine and medical isolation units and to inmates vulnerable to suicide.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Ensure that actions, including any policy revisions, the BOP takes to close the two open recommendations from our 2017 restrictive housing report that reference single-celling also apply to single-celling during quarantine and medical isolation.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports