BOP Program Statement 5240.01 § 1

This Program Statement establishes policy, procedures, standards, and guidelines for the delivery

of the Female Integrated Treatment (FIT) Program to female inmates.

a. Program Objectives. Expected results of this program are:

■ To create a holistic, female-specific community that addresses priority needs for

women, including trauma informed care, other types of mental health treatment,

substance use treatment, and educational/vocational skills.

■ To extend support for female inmates with mental illness beyond traditional

professional services through creation of a standardized, evidence-based treatment

program that is individualized, integrated, and gender-responsive.

■ To deliver an effective program to enhance recovery and result in reduced criminality

and recidivism.

■ To support effective reentry outcomes specific to the needs of women.

■ To institute a program that uses a Risk-Need-Responsivity model to match inmate risk

to intensity of services provided.

b. Institution Supplement. None required. Should local facilities make any changes outside

changes required in national policy or establish any additional local procedures to implement

national policy, the local Union may invoke to negotiate procedures or appropriate

arrangements.