Federal Prisons Awards Dismas Charities $10 Million Mississippi Residential Reentry & Home Detention Contract In Hattiesburg, Mississippi

On September 2, 2014, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) awarded Dismas Charities, Inc., a five-year contract valued at $10 million to provide residential reentry center services and home detention services for federal offenders in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The initial contract period runs through September 1, 2015, followed by four one-year renewal options ending September 1, 2019. This is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract, with firm, fixed unit prices, with guaranteed minimum quantities.

The BOP contracts with private organizations to provide RRCs, also known as halfway houses, to provide assistance to inmates who are nearing release. RRCs . . .