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7.01A Creating a Timeline

By SiatiiGullon
  • Three Prisons Act

    Three Prisons Act

    Before Congress established the Bureau of Prisons, this organism existed. It authorized the first three federal penitentiaries and had 11 federal prisons.
  • Growth of work

    Growth of work

    As time passed and laws changed, responsibilities grew along with the prison population. The Bureau's operated 14 facilities for just over 13,000 inmates.
  • Bureau of Prisions

    Bureau of Prisions

    Congress established the Bureau of Prisons within the Department of Justice and charged the agency with the "management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions."
  • Growth of the inmates

    Growth of the inmates

    The Bureau had grown to 24 facilities with 24,360 inmates. Except for a few fluctuations, this number of inmates did not change between 1940 and 1980,
  • Decrease of inmates

    Decrease of inmates

    For the first time in 34 years, the population declined. A variety of legislative changes contribute to the overall decline in the inmate population