Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-034

Component, if applicable:

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Inspection / Evaluation

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
Add fields to the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System that can be easily queried to identify the type of victim (inmate, staff, or other) and gender of the victim for all incidents involving prohibited acts by inmates, and identify the specific inmate behavior under each prohibited act code.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that staff are trained on the updated fields in the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System and that staff understand which inmate behaviors are associated with each prohibited act code, as well how to articulate the behavior in the corresponding field.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that policies and program statements that address inmate-on-staff sexual harassment are consistent with updates to systems and data tracking mechanisms.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Conduct regular risk assessments of the prevalence and severity of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment within individual institutions and across BOP institutions, with a particular emphasis on the risks for female staff.
5	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Review the corrective actions from the two class action settlements concerning Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Coleman and FCC Victorville, and assess all BOP institutions to determine which corrective actions should be implemented BOP-wide or in additional institutions.
6	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Develop and implement a comprehensive inmate-on-staff sexual harassment mitigation strategy that includes the appropriate corrective actions from the settlement agreements, addresses the issues identified in the assessment, and is based on the scope of the problem.
7	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Share inmate-on-staff sexual harassment mitigation strategies BOP-wide on a regular and recurring basis.
8	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Include a training needs assessment as part of the comprehensive mitigation strategy outlined in Recommendation 6, and ensure that inmate-on-staff sexual harassment training addresses the identified needs.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Add fields to the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System that can be easily queried to identify the type of victim (inmate, staff, or other) and gender of the victim for all incidents involving prohibited acts by inmates, and identify the specific inmate behavior under each prohibited act code.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Ensure that staff are trained on the updated fields in the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System and that staff understand which inmate behaviors are associated with each prohibited act code, as well how to articulate the behavior in the corresponding field.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports