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The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and 1 administration of the 11 Federal prisons in operation at the time.     

Today, the Bureau consists of 114 institutions, 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 2 staff training centers, and 28 community corrections offices. The regional offices and Central Office provide administrative 2 and support to Bureau facilities and community corrections offices. Community corrections offices 3 community corrections centers and home confinement programs.     

The Bureau is responsible for the 4 and care of more than 193,000 Federal offenders. Approximately 85 percent of these inmates are confined in Bureau-operated correctional facilities or detention centers. The 5 are confined through agreements with state and local governments or through contracts with privately-operated community corrections centers, detention centers, prisons, and 6 facilities.   

The Bureau protects public safety by ensuring that Federal offenders 7 their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, cost-effective, and appropriately 8 . The Bureau helps reduce the potential for future criminal activity by encouraging inmates to participate in a range of programs that have been proven to reduce 9 . The Bureau's approximately 35,000 employees ensure the security of Federal prisons, provide inmates with needed programs and services, and model 10 values.