H.R. 4970 · 116th Congress
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th 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 phases out the use of private prisons and private, for-profit community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses) to confine individuals serving terms for federal offenses.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 31, 2019
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019
This bill phases out the use of private prisons and private, for-profit community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses) to confine individuals serving terms for federal offenses. It also requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide inmates with counseling about resources in their communities as part of prerelease procedures and certain postrelease information about any fines, assessments, or other penalties connected to their convictions.
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 2019
Latest action (Dec 18, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 31, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.