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HR 1206 117th 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 2021

Introduced: February 22, 2021 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
Apr 28, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 22, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021

This bill establishes a framework to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshals Service contracts with private companies for correctional facilities and community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses).

The bill requires the Department of Justice to develop guidelines for community reintegration programs at community confinement facilities.

In carrying out prerelease and reentry planning procedures, the bill requires the BOP to ensure prisoners receive 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 postrelease information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties.

What's happening now April 28, 2021

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1206: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1206/
MLA
"H.R. 1206: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1206/.
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H.R. 1206, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1206/.
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