… testified before Congress that the Bureau had over 4,000 vacant positions that need to be filled. Yet rather than doing anything to ensure adequate staffing and protect officers and inmates, Trump's Justice Department terminated the Bureau's incentive pay plan, effectively cutting bureau officers and other employees pay anywhere between 10 and 25%. 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. (01:52–02:06)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Justice Department under Trump cut pay for Bureau officers by terminating an incentive pay plan.
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