Attorney Allan Ellis discusses the the four-level scale the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employs in the designation process that seeks to correlate prisoners’ perceived medical needs to resources, both at institutions and in their corresponding communities. Learn more about the criteria the BOP uses to determine how federal inmates are classified into the four medical levels and how community medical resources support the medical services available at federal prison facilities.
Bureau of Prisons Designations Based on Medical Need
By Melanie Trudeau
By Alan Ellis