internal refers report that was provided in response to bipartisan oversight, that ranking -- these documents show unacceptable levels of sexual misconduct by b.o.p. staff, which centered grassley and i continue to investigate. for years, the bureauas been plagued by chronic understaffing. the shortages of -- the ability to continue their jobs, be safe, and difficult under the best of circumstances. to compensate for staff shortages, the bureau's come to rely on augmentation, a practice that forces known custodial staff like teachers and nurses to actually work as correctional officers. augmentation deprives incarcerated individuals of programming that helps them bury integrate into their communities, it also creates an unsafe environment that endangers staff. in recent years, members of both sides of this committee, including myself, ranking member grassley, senator booker, senator lee, senator whitehouse, senator cornyn, and others, have come together to enact bipartisan legislation aimed at responsibly reducing the federal prison population. unfortunately, the implementation of this reform leaves much to be desired. more than three years, three years, after president trump signed into law the landmark first step act, many inca