Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
59.6
#164 out of 216

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System (DOJ)

Mission: To attend to the custody and care of federal offenders. The Bureau of Prisons also works to ensure that its facilities are safe, humane, cost-efficient and appropriately secure.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  59.6 164
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.5 195  of  216
Strategic Management 52.7 188  of  216
Teamwork 63.9 207  of  216
Effective Leadership 47.7 186  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 44.0 195  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 43.6 145  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 45.6 156  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 54.6 208  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.3 199  of  216
Training and Development 56.8 171  of  216
Support for Diversity 60.4 150  of  216
Pay and Benefits 57.4 207  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.3 185  of  216
Work/Life Balance 54.4 207  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  65.2 60.6 61.4
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.4 74.1 77.7
Strategic Management 55.3 54.8 60.1
Teamwork 66.1 67.2 65.4
Effective Leadership 49.3 48.2 46.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.4 36.5 42.4
Training and Development 60.5 59.0 59.6
Support for Diversity 61.0 60.2 63.1
Pay and Benefits 59.8 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.1 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.7 54.3 59.8
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.4 74.1 77.7
Strategic Management 55.3 54.8 60.1
Teamwork 66.1 67.2 65.4
Effective Leadership 49.3 48.2 46.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.4 36.5 42.4
Training and Development 60.5 59.0 59.6
Support for Diversity 61.0 60.2 63.1
Pay and Benefits 59.8 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.1 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.7 54.3 59.8
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 62.8 114  of  216
Male 58.5 178  of  214
40 and over 59.0 176  of  216
Under 40 60.5 139  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 68.4 44  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 67.5 41  of  174
Multi-racial 49.3 37  of  43
White 57.2 186  of  215
American Indian or Native American No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 63.9 No data No data
Under 40 66.6 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 71.5 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 64.5 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System (DOJ) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 61.4 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 60.6 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 65.2 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 59.6 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 33,601

Number of Employees in 2002: 34,028

Number of Employees in 2003: 33,944

Number of Employees in 2004: 34,012

Number of Employees in 2005: 34,259

Number of Employees in 2006: 34,990

Number of Employees in 2007: 35,873

Number of Employees in 2008: 35,927

Employees joined (2008): 2,152

Percentage joined (2008): 7.10%

Average joined (2004-2008): 2,337

Employees left (2008): 2,028

Percentage left (2008): 5.70%

Average left (2004-2008): 1,966

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 11.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Offices located throughout the United States

http://www.bop.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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