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|Mission=To protect public safety by ensuring that federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure. The BOP aims to provide inmates with opportunities to engage in programs that promote positive change and prepare them for reentry into society. | |Mission=To protect public safety by ensuring that federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure. The BOP aims to provide inmates with opportunities to engage in programs that promote positive change and prepare them for reentry into society. | ||
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|CreationLegislation=34th United States Congress, July 1, 1895 (established as part of the Department of Justice) | |CreationLegislation=34th United States Congress, July 1, 1895 (established as part of the Department of Justice) | ||
|Employees=36000 | |Employees=36000 | ||
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As of 2015, 27 Bureau facilities house women. The Bureau has a Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together (MINT) program for women who enter the system as inmates while pregnant. The Bureau pays for [[abortion]] only if it is life-threatening for the woman, but it may allow for abortions in non-life-threatening cases if non-BOP funds are used.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/female_offenders.jsp Female offenders]." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 13, 2015.</ref> | As of 2015, 27 Bureau facilities house women. The Bureau has a Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together (MINT) program for women who enter the system as inmates while pregnant. The Bureau pays for [[abortion]] only if it is life-threatening for the woman, but it may allow for abortions in non-life-threatening cases if non-BOP funds are used.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/female_offenders.jsp Female offenders]." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 13, 2015.</ref> | ||
In 2017, four | In 2017, four Democratic Senators, including [[Kamala Harris]], introduced a bill explicitly requiring tampons and pads to be free for female prisoners. In August 2017, the Bureau introduced a memorandum requiring free tampons and pads. The previous 1996 memorandum stated "products for female hygiene needs shall be available" without requiring them to be free of charge.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tolan, Casey|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/11/tampon-inmate-bureau-of-prison-woman-incarcerated-kamala-harris/|title=Bureau of Prisons requires free tampons for female inmates, following Harris bill |newspaper=[[Mercury News]]|date=August 11, 2017|access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
A 2018 review by the Evaluation and Inspections Division, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, found the Bureau's programming and policy decisions did not fully consider the needs of female inmates in the areas of trauma treatment programming, pregnancy programming, and feminine hygiene.<ref>{{cite book |title=Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management of Its Female Inmate Population |date=September 2018 |publisher=Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, Evaluation and Inspections Division |location=Washington, DC |url=https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo109196 |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> | A 2018 review by the Evaluation and Inspections Division, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, found the Bureau's programming and policy decisions did not fully consider the needs of female inmates in the areas of trauma treatment programming, pregnancy programming, and feminine hygiene.<ref>{{cite book |title=Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management of Its Female Inmate Population |date=September 2018 |publisher=Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, Evaluation and Inspections Division |location=Washington, DC |url=https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo109196 |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> | ||