The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) operates or contracts with a variety of facilities in California, including United States Penitentiaries (USPs), Federal Correctional Institutions (FCIs), and Private Correctional Institutions (PCIs). Informally, these would all often be described as federal prisons.
As of April 2020, 13,315 people were under custody in BOP facilities in California. An additional 422 people were under BOP custody in privately-run facilities in California, and an unspecified number of people were under BOP custody in community-based facilities in California. Roughly 8% of the people in BOP custody are in California.[1]
For comparison, the March 2020 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) population report described 182,579 people under CDCR control.[2]
BOP facilities are separate from immigration detention facilities operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- ^ BOP (2020-04-01). "BOP: Population Statistics". BOP. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-11. Alt URL
- ^ CDCR (2020-04-01). "Monthly Report of Population" (PDF). CDCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-04-11.