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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Justice OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Justice OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Justice
Components
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Report Number
19-04
Report Description

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Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
9
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No
Additional Details
https://oig.justice.gov/multimedia/video-09-26-19.htm

Open Recommendations

This report has 4 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 No $0 $0 Status as of February 28, 2025

Complete the heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment upgrade subproject at Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn and ensure that the equipment is capable of maintaining temperatures at BOP targets. Further, ensure that upgraded hardware and Building Management System software allow facilities staff to accurately monitor building temperatures and heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment performance.

2 No $0 $0 Status as of February 28, 2025

Take further action to diagnose the sources of temperature regulation issues and remedy them, if the upgraded Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn heating, ventilation, and cooling system cannot maintain building temperatures at BOP targets.

4 No $0 $0 Status as of February 28, 2025

Ensure that, in the absence of Building Management System software, institutions use a consistent and sound method to measure and document temperatures and record all maintenance performed on heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment.

7 No $0 $0 Status as of February 28, 2025

Require institutions to maintain a list of inmates who use continuous positive airway pressure machines, or other electronic medical devices, in their cells so that institution staff can make every effort to accommodate those inmates in the event of a power outage.

Department of Justice OIG

United States