20-05-2025
Prisons bureau failed to screen inmates for colorectal cancer, watchdog says
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has failed to adequately screen thousands of older inmates in its custody for colorectal cancer, raising the risk that inmates with the disease might miss potentially lifesaving diagnoses and treatment, a government watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.
The report by the inspector general for the Justice Department, the bureau's parent agency, reviewed screening rates from January 2020 through April 2024, finding what it called 'serious operational and managerial deficiencies that the BOP must address' in screening and treating the disease, which is a leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
