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District of Columbia: Issues Related to the Youngstown Prison Report and Lorton Closure Process

GGD-00-86 Published: Apr 07, 2000. Publicly Released: May 08, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues related to the closing of the Lorton correctional facilities that house felon inmates from the District of Columbia and the transfer of these inmates to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), focusing on: (1) the D.C. Department of Corrections' response to the Office of the Corrections Trustee's 1999 recommendations on the Youngstown prison facility; (2) BOP's efforts to comply with the privatization requirements of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997; and (3) any challenges concerning the closing of Lorton faced by the District of Columbia and BOP as December 31, 2001, the statutory date for closing all of Lorton, nears.

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Correctional facilitiesIntergovernmental relationsInternal controlsMunicipal governmentsNoncompliancePrisonersPrivatizationReporting requirementsStrategic planningPrison crowding