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HR 6113 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Public contracts and procurement

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2016

Introduced: September 21, 2016 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 18, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 21, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 21, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to phase out existing contracts with private prison companies and private community confinement facilities.

It amends the federal criminal code to require federal employees to perform the core correctional services—housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of offenders—at correctional facilities used by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) or the U.S. Marshals Service.

The bill also prohibits the BOP from entering into or maintaining contracts with private companies to manage community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses).

DOJ must evaluate the effectiveness of and develop guidelines for recidivism reduction programs at community confinement facilities.

The Marshals Service must annually inspect each correctional facility it uses for confinement.

The BOP must provide to prisoners, as part of prerelease procedures, information and counseling about: criminal record expungement; educational, employment, and treatment programs; and applications for public assistance programs. The BOP must also provide prisoners with post-release information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties.

What's happening now October 18, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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