This plan, of course, helped to retain and recruit people for jobs within the BOP. 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 bop 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. (02:11–02:23)
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Asserts that Trump issued an executive order eliminating the Bureau of Prisons' labor union.
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