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Federal prisons get LGBT reps
by Timothy Cwiek | 2 days 22 hrs ago | Retrieved from the Internet on September 2, 2012 by SJ
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently supplemented its workplace-diversity program by adding an LGBT representative at each of its 125 prisons and administrative offices nationwide.
BOP director Charles E. Samuels Jr. outlined the new initiative in a memo issued in March.
"We should cultivate tolerance and embrace our differences," Samuels stated in the memo.
Chris Burke, a spokesperson for the BOP, said every BOP facility has a designated LGBT representative.
Additionally, the BOP recently committed to hosting at least one event a year at each BOP facility that specifically addresses LGBT issues, he said.
The new duties of the LGBT representatives will be folded into their existing job responsibilities — and won't exceed 20 percent of their overall tasks.