What Can Be Done about Overcrowding in Long-Term Federal Correctional Facilities

During the past 5 years, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has spent over $200 million for new prison facilities and nearly $1 billion for the care and custody of its prisoners. Despite these large expenditures, Federal prisons are overcrowded. The Bureau estimates that it will need additional facilities to house about 10,000 Federal inmates so overcrowded conditions can be alleviated and the three oldest Federal facilities phased out.