February 27, 2024
Federal Judges Consider Federal Prison Conditions During Sentencing
The flow in prisoners to federal prison must pass through the federal courts and, specifically, federal judges. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) usually has no input as to its ability to handle the care of the defendant in prison and when asked they most always say that they can. However, the BOP is tasked with carrying out the imposed sentence and caring for the prisoner during the sentence, no matter its duration. Now, judges are looking at conditions in federal prison as part of their calculus for fashioning a sentence.