Dramatic Mismanagement in Federal Prison Compassionate Release Program: Findings Confirm Human Rights Watch-FAMM Criticisms of BOP Program

For Immediate Release May 1, 2013 Contact: Mary Price, mprice@famm.org or Jamie Fellner jamie.fellner@hrw.org WASHINGTON, DC -- After conducting a comprehensive review of the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) compassionate release program, the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has concluded that the BOP “does not properly manage” the program, “resulting in inmates who may be eligible candidates for release not being considered.”Citing “multiple failures” that lead to “ad-hoc” decision-making, the OIG report  released