[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 930 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 930

  To require States receiving prison construction grants to implement 
  requirements for inmates to perform work and engage in educational 
                  activities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 15 (legislative day, June 5), 1995

   Mr. Shelby (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Brown, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
    Grassley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Mack, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Simpson) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require States receiving prison construction grants to implement 
  requirements for inmates to perform work and engage in educational 
                  activities, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prison Construction Block Grant 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

    Section 20101(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13701(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (4);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) 
        as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by striking ``; 
        and'' and inserting a semicolon;
            (4) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated), by striking the 
        period and inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(9) assurances that the State or States have implemented 
        a requirement that each inmate must perform not less than 48 
        hours of work per week, which shall not be waived except as 
        required by--
                    ``(A) security conditions;
                    ``(B) disciplinary action; or
                    ``(C) medical certification of a disability that 
                would make it impracticable for prison officials to 
                arrange useful work for the inmate to perform;
            ``(10) assurances that the State or States have implemented 
        a requirement that each inmate shall engage in not less than 16 
        hours of organized educational activities per week; and
            ``(11) assurances that the State or States require that 
        prison officials shall not provide to any inmate failing to 
        meet the requirements of paragraphs (9) and (10) privileges, 
        including--
                    ``(A) access to television;
                    ``(B) access to bodybuilding or weightlifting 
                equipment;
                    ``(C) access to recreational sports;
                    ``(D) unmonitored telephone calls, except when 
                between the inmate and the immediate family or attorney 
                of the inmate;
                    ``(E) instruction or training equipment for boxing, 
                wrestling, judo, karate, or other martial art;
                    ``(F) except for use during required work, the use 
                or possession of any electrical or electronic musical 
                instrument;
                    ``(G) an in-cell coffee pot, hot plate, or heating 
                element;
                    ``(H) food exceeding in quality or quantity to that 
                which is available to enlisted personnel in the United 
                States Army;
                    ``(I) dress, hygiene, grooming, and appearance 
                other than those allowed as standard in the prison; or
                    ``(J) equipment or facilities for publishing or 
                broadcasting material not approved by prison officials 
                as being consistent with prison order and 
                discipline.''.
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