3.0.0 4988 2023-08-03T22:00:39Z 2023-08-03T22:00:39Z Senate S 2022-09-28 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-28T19:24:51Z Federal Prison Oversight Act 117 9009 HR 2022-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Identical bill CRS 2022-09-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2022-09-28 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-09-28 True Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 00 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-03T21:53:16Z Federal Prison Oversight Act

This bill requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct periodic inspections of correctional facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons. The bill also requires DOJ to establish an ombudsman to receive complaints relating to issues affecting the health, safety, welfare, or rights of incarcerated people or staff.

]]> Federal Prison Oversight Act Display Title Federal Prison Oversight Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Prison Oversight Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an inspections regime for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4988is/xml/BILLS-117s4988is.xml 2022-09-28 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.