[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 561 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 561

  To require States receiving prison construction grants to implement 
  requirements for inmates to perform work and engage in educational 
    activities, to eliminate certain sentencing inequities for drug 
                   offenders, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 1997

  Mr. Shelby 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, to eliminate certain sentencing inequities for drug 
                   offenders, 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 ``Prisoner Work and Responsibility 
Initiative of 1997''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

    Section 20103(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13703(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``assurances that the State'' and inserting 
        the following ``assurances that--
            ``(1) the State'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) the State has 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;
            ``(3) the State has implemented a requirement that each 
        inmate engage in not less than 16 hours of organized 
        educational activities per week; and
            ``(4) the State prohibits prison officials from providing 
        privileges to any inmate who fails to comply with the 
        requirements described in paragraphs (2) and (3), 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 arts;
                    ``(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.''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SENTENCING INEQUITIES FOR DRUG OFFENDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3621(e)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Treatment requirement.--''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) Administration of treatment programs.--The 
                Attorney General shall ensure, through the use of all 
                appropriate and available incentives and sanctions, 
                that each eligible prisoner participates in a program 
                of substance abuse treatment.''.
    (b) Eligibility.--Section 3621(e)(5)(B) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) within 24 months of the date of 
                        release, or is otherwise designated by the 
                        Bureau of Prisons for participation in a 
                        residential substance abuse treatment program; 
                        and''.
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