Other Records

     In response to another FOIA request, the BOP provided this report of institutional rated capacities. Such capacities (one of three "capacity" measures the BOP uses) had not been published since State of the Bureau 1999, the last State of the Bureau published under the Clinton/Reno Administration.  One can compare these capacity numbers with the BOP's Weekly Population Report at http://www.bop.gov/news/weekly_report.jsp, but beware -- some of these capacity numbers add space from central prison and satellite prison camp, while the Weekly Population Report splits the two. 

     See page 9.

     Members of the House of Representatives ask former Attorney General Ashcroft about abuse of 9/11 detainees at the BOP's Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

     This report includes ongoing findings and discussions about the alleged abuse of 9/11 detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn, New York. Included is the revelation that BOP "discovered" additional materials DOJ investigators sought, literally, years ago.

     While health care costs soared across the United States, money spent per prisoner seems still to be declining. Inmates under Attorney General Gonzalez' custody can verify how difficult even a Physician Assistant appointment can be to arrange.

     This is a bipartisan Congressional letter asking former-Attorney General Ashcroft about Justice Department requests to libraries, requests that libraries destroy asset forfeiture forms because the forms were meant for "internal use only."