Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The Bureau of Prisons has 121 institutions located throughout the United States and employs nearly 35,000 employees. Understaffing across the agency jeopardizes the health, safety, and well-being of staff and inmates alike. Understaffing at Bureau of Prison institutions poses a threat to inmates, who will consequently lack access to lifesaving medical care, efficient review of their casework, sanitary living conditions, access to vital recidivism reduction programming, and protections against abuse or sexual misconduct.
Understaffing at Bureau of Prison institutions will also result in reduced staff safety, escalated workplace abuse, stressful work conditions, enhanced mental and physical health concerns, and unacceptably long work shifts for employees. Mandated overtime, misuse of augmentation or reassignment, and overworked employees will reduce prison security and threaten public safety.