NCJ Number
99802
Date Published
1985
Length
185 pages
Annotation
Testimony by the chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission and the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons examines the impact of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act on prison overcrowding and the responses of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as well as on the Parole Commission, which the act abolishes.
Abstract
Changes under the Comprehensive Crime Control Act will include abolition of the Parole Commission within 2 years and the requirement that Federal inmates serve their full prison term less a minimal amount of 'good time.' Norman Carlson, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies on the problem of prison overcrowding, predicting that the act will compound the problem. Bureau policies to counter this include use of surplus facilities to house inmates, expansion of existing facilities, new prison construction, and use of prerelease centers. The written statement of Benjamin Baer, the chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission, addresses the commission's workload, the decision recording and monitoring system, the reparative work program, and rules and procedures changes. Appendixes contain relevant correspondence and previously published materials.