Then, on March 27, 2025, Trump issued an executive order eliminating BOP's labor union, which is comprised of roughly 30,000 officers and staff. All this comes after GAO added [the Bureau of Prisons] to its 2025 high risk list in January. Due to all of the problems the BOP is facing, Gao highlighted BOP's, quote, longstanding staffing challenges present a serious threat to the safety of staff and incarcerated people. (02:23–02:30)
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Asserts that the Bureau of Prisons was added to the GAO's high-risk list in 2025.
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