H.R. 6113 · 114th Congress
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2016
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
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Watson ColemanSponsorNo cosponsors.
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to phase out existing contracts with private prison companies and private community confinement facilities.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 21, 2016
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2016
Latest action (Oct 18, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 21, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.