who are (1) out on furlough, (2) out on writ, and (3) out on authorized absence. This is done because allocation dollars are based upon the Sunday midnight count. These reports, therefore, reflect a smaller population than the institution is responsible for. The difference is very small and statistically insignificant. However, each institution knows precisely its total inmate responsibility at all times. The Investigative Staff found that the Bureau did not have information to show the original architectural design capacities for each institution at the time they were built. Moreover, several attempts by Bureau personnel to reconstruct the original design capacity data and subsequent modifications to such institutions were unsucessful. In this regard, Bureau officials did provide the Investigative Staff with the results of Bureau space studies that were conducted between 1964 and 1975 which attempted to determine the institutional designed capacities. The Investigative Staff's review of these space studies revealed widespread variances in design capacity. Consequently, the Investigative Staff relied upon the Bureau's most recent designated capacity figures to perform its analyses. The following comparison explains the large variances between the Bureau's designated 1975 design capacities and those from the most recent space studies for certain institutions. The net loss in beds in this instance was due to the conversion of dormitories to provide cubicles and space for unit management officers. Cubicles are used as a means of partitioning open dormitories into semiprivate sleeping accommodations. The net loss in beds between 1970 and 1975 occurred when the open dormitories were converted to cubicles. However, according to the Bureau, when Lompoc becomes an adult-male institution, its designated capacity will be 1,262. The net increase in 1969 resulted from the construction of a new hospital and the use of the old hospital as housing for the drug abuse program. A net reduction in beds occurred between 1969 and 1975 when cubicles were installed in all open dormitories. A net increase in beds in 1967 occurred when basement space was converted to a cell house, but a net loss occurred in 1969 when certain base ment space was eliminated. In 1972, the increase in beds was due to the conversion of the admission and orientation unit to housing. The net loss in beds was caused by the elimination of double bunking and the resulting reduction in the number of nen in the squad rooms from 10 The net reduction in beds for 1973 was a result of the installation The net loss in beds occurred when cubicles were installed in The net loss in beds shown here also reflects the conversion of dormitories to cubicles. The net reduction in beds was due to the elimination of the admission and orientation housing and the installation of cubicles in dormitories. Over a period of years, other fluctuations took place reducing the planned capacity for certain long-term adult institutions. These changes were attributed to the closing and/or establishment of separate camps adjoining the main facility. For example: Atlanta at one time operated a farm and its housing Leavenworth - In 1955, the housing capacity of its camp was Terre Haute In 1955, the Terre Haute Camp's planned capacity figures were included in the main institutional planned capacity figures. The separation of these planned capacity figures occurred in April 1973, thus reducing the planned capacity figures for Terre Haute, but not the overall capacity of the Bureau of Prisons. As indicated from the above comparisons, efforts by the Bureau to humanize certain institutions by converting dormitories to cubicles accounted for much of the reduction in altered designed capacities. The Investigative Staff was informed that such conversions often result in a 30 percent loss in capacity. 60-765 - 75 pt. 1 33 |