User Clip: The lack of transparency knows no end between the Public, the BOP and the DOJ. Each prison appears to run as an island with no uniformity or conformity!

Senator Whitehouse:

"DIRECTOR, IN THE CORRECTIONS ACT, THE LAW REQUIRED A RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND IT WAS CONGRESS' INSTRUCTION IT WAS BE PUBLIC AND INDEED AVAILABLE ON THE DOJ WEBSITE. YOU GUYS RESPONDED WITH A PROGRAM YOU CALLED PATTERN, PATTERN. YOU PROVIDED TWO REPORTS ON HOW PATTERN WORK. YOU GAVE US A COMMITTEE STAFF BRIEF ON HOW IT WOULD WORK AND EVERYTHING SEEMED GOING CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW THAT WE PASSED ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS. I'VE READ IN PROPUBLICA THERE'S A NEW 20 PAGE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT'S SUPERVENED THE PROGRAM THAT'S NOT BEEN DISCLOSED TO CONGRESS OR THE PUBLIC. CAN YOU DISCLOSE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE NEW PROGRAM WAS. LET ME TURN TO WARDEN SPALDING'S TESTIMONY FROM THE FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER IN A CASE CALLED PENA VERSUS UNITED STATES. THE WARDEN TESTIFIED FIRST SAID THAT BOP AND I'M QUOTING HIM HERE SAID NOT USE COVID-19 AS A SOLE DETERMINATION OF REDUCTION IN SENTENCE OR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE. THEN HE WAS PRESSED A LITT close