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Deputy Assistant Inspector General Sandra Barnes outlines OIG probes into BOP staff corruption and contraband
Summary
Sandra Barnes, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, told a podcast audience the Office of Inspector General receives about 17,000 complaints a year (about 80% involving the Federal Bureau of Prisons), runs parallel criminal and administrative investigations, and is pursuing increased prosecutions for staff misconduct and contraband schemes.
Sandra Barnes, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for the Office of Inspector General's Investigations Division, said the office receives about 17,000 complaints a year and that roughly 80% of them concern the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
On Transparency Talk, Barnes described how the Investigations Division is organized into nine regions and two specialty offices, and said roughly 95% of cases open as criminal inquiries. "We're running two investigations for every case that we have," she said, meaning the OIG pursues both criminal allegations and parallel administrative-misconduct reviews.
Barnes said common criminal allegations include introduction of contraband, bribery, excessive use of force and staff sexual abuse. She described intake channels that feed cases to the OIG: inmate mail ("about 300 to 500 pieces of mail a…
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