| Improving Detention Facilities in Indian Country
 For many years, Indian country detention facilities funded
and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have been
understaffed, overcrowded, and underfunded. In 2003, the Office
of the Inspector General requested an assessment of BIA's
detention facility program to examine law enforcement and security
programs and to determine if Indian country detention facilities
were safe and secure. Overall, the assessment—as discussed
in Neither
Safe Nor Secure—found evidence of a continuing
crisis of inaction, indifference, and mismanagement throughout
the detention program. The report presented recommendations
to improve the security, safety, and effectiveness of detention
facilities in Indian country.
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