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GAO-12-807R 1 (2012-07-27)

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        Accountabiliy - Integrity - Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


           July 27, 2012

           The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
           Chairman
           Committee on the Judiciary
           United States Senate

           The Honorable Robert C. Scott
           Ranking Member
           Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
           Committee on the Judiciary
           United States House of Representatives

           The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
           Ranking Member
           Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
           United States House of Representatives

           Subject: Federal Bureau of Prisons: Methods for Estimating Incarceration and
           Community Corrections Costs and Results of the Elderly Offender Pilot

           This letter formally transmits the enclosed briefing in response to your request
           following the issuance of our February 2012 report, Bureau of Prisons: Eligibility and
           Capacity Impact Use of Flexibilities to Reduce Inmates' Time in Prison, that we
           provide additional information on the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) methods for
           estimating costs of housing inmates in BOP facilities, Residential Re-entry Centers
           (RRC), and home detention, as well as the evaluation of and results of the Elderly
           Offender Pilot Program (the Pilot) and any cost savings to the federal government.1
           Our briefing addresses the following questions: (1) How does BOP estimate the daily
           cost of operating BOP facilities of different security levels and community
           corrections? (2) What are the final results of the Elderly Offender Pilot Program,
           including any cost savings identified by BOP, and to what extent can these results
           be used for policy decisions? To conduct this work, we analyzed relevant laws and
           BOP policies, obtained cost data for BOP facilities from fiscal years 2009 through
           2011; reviewed BOP's December 2011 report to Congress summarizing the results
           of the Pilot, and interviewed BOP headquarters officials responsible for BOP's
           budget and relevant programs.2

           1GAO, Bureau of Prisons: Eligibility and Capacity Impact Use of Flexibilities to Reduce Inmates' Time in Prison,
           GAO-12-320 (Washington, D.C.: Feb. 7, 2012).
           2Federal Bureau of Prisons, Elderly and Family Reunification for Certain Nonviolent Offenders Pilot Program:
           Report to Congress (December 2011).


GAO-1 2-807R Incarceration Costs and Elderly Offender Pilot Results

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