Documents, Articles, and BOP History

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For Federal Bureau of Prisons budget information, visit the U.S. Government Printing Office website.  Previous years (from 1996) are also available for downloading.

Report to Congress: Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1999. (Acrobat)

Historical Documents and Resources

A Brief History of Alcatraz.

Alcatraz: Inmate Regulations, 1956.

"Murder in the First" and Alcatraz.

Executions of Federal Prisoners Since 1927.

Executive Order Authorizing Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR), 1934.

Fallen Heroes: BOP Staff Killed in the Line of Duty, 1901-2003.

BOP Historical (Closed) Institutions.

Selected Bibliography on the History of Federal Prisons.