New York, NY – Today, The Remedy Project announces the launch of a comprehensive online dashboard that tracks decades of outcomes for requests and complaints made by individuals incarcerated in Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) institutions. This dashboard is intended to be a tool for both the public and the press to explore, analyze, and report on the treatment and living conditions of incarcerated individuals across federal facilities.
Drawing from nearly 25 years of data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the Data Liberation Project, the dashboard visualizes 1.78 million records from the FBOP’s Administrative Remedy Program, the internal grievance system for people incarcerated in federal prisons, and the means by which The Remedy Project advocates for incarcerated individuals.. Users can filter by institution, time, and type of complaint, and view trends that shed light on patterns of abuse, neglect, and administrative response.
“The dashboard allows families, advocates, journalists, and policymakers to see what people inside have been saying for years,” said Anna Sugrue, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Remedy Project. “Prisons are intentionally designed as black boxes, where prison staff can act with almost total impunity without any public oversight. Data projects like this are a crucial step towards challenging the culture of unchecked abuse in our prison system.”
The dashboard not only highlights how many complaints were filed, but also how few resulted in favorable outcomes for incarcerated individuals. For the first time, the public can see which facilities have the highest rates of complaints, the most frequent categories of grievances, and how those trends have changed over time.
“This data shows a system-wide favorable outcome rate of only 2.6%,” said Colin Adams, Administrative Remedy Advocacy Director at The Remedy Project. “This number is unconscionable but not a surprise. The BOP has no incentive to grant their prisoners what they need, and they use every tactic at their disposal—from lying to delaying to outright violent intimidation—to avoid taking accountability for abuse and remedying inhumane conditions.”
This initiative is part of The Remedy Project’s broader mission to increase transparency and accountability in the federal prison system. By making data publicly accessible and user-friendly, the organization aims to put a spotlight on the FBOP’s human rights abuses and equip advocates with the tools for change.
The dashboard is live and accessible now at https://www.theremedyproj.org/remedy-dashboard.
New York, NY – Today, The Remedy Project announces the launch of a comprehensive online dashboard that tracks decades of outcomes for requests and complaints made by individuals incarcerated in Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) institutions. This dashboard is intended to be a tool for both the public and the press to explore, analyze, and report on the treatment and living conditions of incarcerated individuals across federal facilities.
Drawing from nearly 25 years of data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the Data Liberation Project, the dashboard visualizes 1.78 million records from the FBOP’s Administrative Remedy Program, the internal grievance system for people incarcerated in federal prisons, and the means by which The Remedy Project advocates for incarcerated individuals.. Users can filter by institution, time, and type of complaint, and view trends that shed light on patterns of abuse, neglect, and administrative response.
“The dashboard allows families, advocates, journalists, and policymakers to see what people inside have been saying for years,” said Anna Sugrue, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Remedy Project. “Prisons are intentionally designed as black boxes, where prison staff can act with almost total impunity without any public oversight. Data projects like this are a crucial step towards challenging the culture of unchecked abuse in our prison system.”
The dashboard not only highlights how many complaints were filed, but also how few resulted in favorable outcomes for incarcerated individuals. For the first time, the public can see which facilities have the highest rates of complaints, the most frequent categories of grievances, and how those trends have changed over time.
“This data shows a system-wide favorable outcome rate of only 2.6%,” said Colin Adams, Administrative Remedy Advocacy Director at The Remedy Project. “This number is unconscionable but not a surprise. The BOP has no incentive to grant their prisoners what they need, and they use every tactic at their disposal—from lying to delaying to outright violent intimidation—to avoid taking accountability for abuse and remedying inhumane conditions.”
This initiative is part of The Remedy Project’s broader mission to increase transparency and accountability in the federal prison system. By making data publicly accessible and user-friendly, the organization aims to put a spotlight on the FBOP’s human rights abuses and equip advocates with the tools for change.
The dashboard is live and accessible now at https://www.theremedyproj.org/remedy-dashboard.
