BOP Program Statement 5241.01 § 9

Staff members may unilaterally provide accommodations to aging offenders without a formal

inmate request. Inmates also may request an accommodation or a modification to

accommodations already provided by making a BP-A0148, Inmate Request to Staff. As

described below, the institution will evaluate the request and make a final determination on the

accommodation to be provided. Additional information on this process can be found in the

Program Statement Management of Inmates With Disabilities.

Aging offender accommodation needs vary from person to person, and therefore must be

individualized. When a determination is made that an inmate’s needs go outside the scope of a

single department, departments must work collaboratively to meet the needs of the inmate. For

particularly complex cases, accommodations are determined by a team (known as a local Aging

Offender Committee), comprised of a Psychologist, Medical Provider, Supervisor of Recreation,

Unit Manager, Reentry Affairs Coordinator, and Captain. This team is led by the Associate

Warden, Programs, whose responsibility is to serve as the local coordinator on aging offenders.

Legal staff are consulted as needed and a Social Worker and Special Population Program

Coordinator are members of the team in institutions in which the positions are filled.

The accommodation(s) provided does not have to be the accommodation requested by the aging

offender. Appropriate accommodations promote improvement to ADLs and IADLs to the extent

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possible. Wardens should request assistance from the WASPB if needed in evaluating

accommodation requests.

In deciding whether to grant an accommodation, institutions may consider whether the program

or activity would be fundamentally altered, or whether it would result in undue financial or

administrative burden. Before denying a request for accommodation on this basis, the

appropriate legal office will be consulted. Accommodations may include, but are not limited to,

accessibility of all relevant areas of the compound, assistive devices or technologies, specialized

approaches to learning, interpreters, and additional time to complete tasks, modified materials

(e.g. large print), enhanced reentry planning, and inmate companions. Information about

accommodations authorized for a particular inmate is documented by the department approving

them, and a notification is sent to the unit team to include in the inmate central file.