3.0.0 1728 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T22:34:43Z 2017-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Department of Justice Detention of persons Freedom of information Public contracts and procurement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-03T21:19:52Z Private Prison Information Act of 2017

This bill specifies that a record related to a non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility must be considered a federal agency record for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

A non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility must disclose information under FOIA unless the information is exempt from disclosure or the disclosure is prohibited by law.

The term "non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility" means: (1) a private prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (2) a state or local prison, jail, or other correctional or detention facility.

]]> Private Prison Information Act of 2017 Display Title Private Prison Information Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Private Prison Information Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require non-Federal prison, correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to make available. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1728is/xml/BILLS-115s1728is.xml 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.