Bureau of Federal Prisons
Go to the Bureau of Federal Prisons (BOP) (Links to an external site.) (also under supplemental material) and use that website ONLY to answer the following questions (number your document to correspond with the questions (do not include the questions/instructions, do not use complete sentences unless indicated, do not copy/paste ANY answers; failure to follow directions will result in a deduction of overall points): 1. What year was the BOP established? (do not use complete sentences) 2. What is UNICOR also known as, when was it established (what year) and what is its mission? (answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES) 3. What is UNICOR’s cost to the taxpayer (dollar amount)? (do not use complete sentences) 4. What “citizenship” composes the majority of inmates in the federal prison system and what is that percentage? (do not use complete sentences) 5. What “race” composes the majority of inmates in the federal prison system and what is that percentage? (do not use complete sentences) 6. What “offense(s)” account for the majority of inmates in the federal prison system and what is that percentage? (do not use complete sentences) 7. Between 1980 and 2019, which year accounted for the highest number of inmates in the federal prison system and what was that number? (do not use complete sentences) 8. Between 1980 and 2019, which year accounted for the largest increase in the number of inmates in the federal prison system and what was that numerical increase? (do not use complete sentences) 9. What sentence (range of years) accounts for the greatest number of inmates (sentenced) and what is that percentage? (do not use complete sentences) 10. In the Federal Bureau of Prisons “Program Fact Sheet” updated as of 3/31/20, what percent of inmates “has” his/her GED? (do not use complete sentences)
