Download or read book Federal Bureau of Prisons Contact Directory written by U. S. Department U.S. Department of Justice and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal Bureau of Prisons Contact Directory - Contact information for facilities nationwide plus About the Federal Bureau of Prisons - U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons - Office of Communications and Archives. Contact Details of US Federal Prisons. The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of the 11 Federal prisons in operation at that time. Today, the Bureau includes 116 institutions, 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), and community corrections offices that oversee residential re-entry centers and home confinement programs. The regional offices and the Central Office provide administrative oversight and support to the institutions and community corrections offices. The Bureau is responsible for the custody and care of more than 209,500 Federal offenders. Approximately 82 percent of these inmates are confined in Bureau-operated correctional institutions or detention centers. The remainder is confined in secure privately managed or community-based facilities and local jails. The Bureau protects public safety by ensuring Federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in institutions that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure. The Bureau helps reduce future criminal activity by encouraging inmates to participate in a range of programs that have been proven to helpthem adopt a crime-free lifestyle upon their return to the community. The Bureau's most important resource is its staff. The more than 38,500 employees of the Bureau of Prisons ensure the security of Federal prisons, provide inmates with needed programs and services, and model mainstream values. The Bureau's employees help the agency meet its obligation to protect public safety and provide security and safety to the staff and inmates in its facilities.