Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act Information

FOIA Contact:

Katherine Day, General Counsel
Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1210
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 353-4601

Conventional Reading Room:

Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1210
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 353-4601

Electronic Reading Room:

This includes frequently requested records, opinions, policy statements, and agency reports created by the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee after January 1, 2002.

Component Description:

The Office of the Federal Detention Trustee was established and activated in September 2001 by directive of Congress (Pub. L. 106-553, § 166, 114 Stat. 2762 (2000)) in response to growing concerns regarding Federal detention. The Federal Detention Trustee leads the development of Department of Justice detention policy and manages Federal detention resources to maximize available detention space and contain costs associated with the detention of criminal defendants and aliens awaiting adjudication and/or removal from the United States. Additionally, the Federal Detention Trustee ensures that the Department of Justice provides safe, secure, and humane detention services and will work with the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturalization Service to identify emerging detention-related problems and project future detention space needs.

DOJ Reference Guide:

A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook for obtaining information from the Department of Justice.

Special information required to make a FOIA request: None

Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is not required: Report to Congress on the State of Federal Detention.

Major Information Systems: None