CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 188), S5743, S5807 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

American Scar; Permitting Torture Brands Us in the Worst Way, S4063 [21AP]

Glass Houses Human Rights Report Has One Glaring Omission—The United States, S4063 [21AP]

Investigate the CIA, S4062 [21AP]

Loophole to America, S8173 [13JY]

Other Than Mexican? Welcome to America, S8173 [13JY]

Stories From the Inside, S4063 [21AP]

Torture Business Lands in Portland, S4062 [21AP]

Torture on the Wing—News Accounts of CIA Abductions Have Tarnished America's Image, S4063 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions

Anne Arundel County, MD: provide for disposition of certain Federal property, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill Juvenile Detention Facility (see S. 1564), S9467 [29JY] (see H.R. 316), H193 [25JA]

Bailor, Adela T. and Darryl: relief (see H.R. 1328), H1509 [15MR]

———relief (H.R. 1328), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 201), H1846 [6AP]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 122), S145 [24JA]

———impose a moratorium on the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain States (see H.R. 379), H233 [26JA]

Contracts: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 2305), H3198 [11MY]

———require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 1806), H2471 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Correctional Public Health (see H.R. 2737), H4141 [26MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 188), S574 [26JA] (see H.R. 557), H350 [2FE]

———establish a Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force (see H.R. 484), H285 [1FE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see S. 1934), S12006 [27OC] (see H.R. 1704), H2149 [19AP]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H629 [15FE]

Drugs: enhance Federal penalties for illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines and other controlled substances, and provide residential substance abuse treatment programs for State and Federal prisoners (see H.R. 3513), H7557 [28JY]

Education: provide grants to States for improved workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders (see S. 1352), S7820 [30JN]

FCC: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 4466), H11219 [7DE]

Federal aid programs: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (see H.R. 4202), H9555 [2NO]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 749), S3413 [11AP]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Golden Venture (vessel): adjust status of certain aliens who were aboard the immigrant-smuggling ship (see H.R. 1180), H1025 [8MR]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 193), H77 [4JA]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H9695 [4NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 1362), S7820 [30JN] (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3776), H7948 [14SE]

———reimburse States and local governments for indirect costs relating to the incarceration of illegal criminal aliens (see S. 1006), S4936 [11MY]

Jarno, Malik: relief (see H.R. 2040), H2738 [28AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 200), H1846 [6AP]

Sentencing: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 3602), H7560 [28JY]

States: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 256), H136 [6JA]

Taxation: disclose certain prisoner tax return information to prison officials (see H.R. 4549), H11878 [15DE]

U.S. Parole Commission: extend (see S. 1368), S7909 [1JY] (see H.R. 3020), H4984 [22JN]

———reestablish (see H.R. 3072), H5251 [27JN]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2101 [14AP]

Letters

Dept. of Defense detainee interrogation methods, S12397 [4NO]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding: several State Governors, H4552 [15JN]

Remarks in House

Brown, Devon: American Correctional Association Best in the Business Award recipient, E1733 [29JY]

Crime: provide adequate treatment programs for sex offenders, H7898 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: ex-offender reentry programs funding, H4447, H4448 [14JN]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (H.R. 1704), H2886 [4MY], H4194 [8JN], H11092-H11096 [6DE]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H4551 [15JN], H8432, H8475 [28SE], E2062 [7OC]

Dept. of Labor: reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release programs funding, H5058 [23JN]

———Reintergration of Youthful Offender Program funding, H5058 [23JN]

Drugs: provide residential substance abuse treatment programs to those who pass a regularly administered drug-screening test and provide aftercare to prisoners formerly enrolled in such programs, H8473 [28SE]

Employment: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release, H3064 [10MY]

Federal aid programs: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (H.R. 4202), E2249 [3NO]

Federal prison system: funding, H2750 [3MY]

Immigration: enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities, H11508 [14DE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H8924 [19OC], H11955-H11957 [16DE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 3137), H7593-H7599 [29JY], H8067 [15SE], H11511 [14DE]

Jarno, Malik: relief (H.R. 2040), E832 [28AP]

Kelly, John: Thomas Jefferson Award recipient, E2593 [17DE]

Prison Fellowship (organization): tribute, H4567 [16JN]

U.S. Parole Commission: extend (S. 1368), H8171, H8172 [21SE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (H.R. 1664), E670 [15AP]

Remarks in Senate

Anne Arundel County, MD: provide for disposition of certain Federal property, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill Juvenile Detention Facility (S. 1564), S9481 [29JY]

Border Patrol: increase detention bed space for illegal immigrants, S8172, S8174 [13JY], S8253 [14JY]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (S. 122), S313 [24JA]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): conduct investigation into intelligence collection through the detention, interrogation, and rendition of prisoners, S4060-S4066 [21AP]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation, S13654 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: construction of a permanent prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, S3514 [13AP]

———court order to release photographs and videos relative to abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S10783 [30SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 188), S598 [26JA], S5743 [23MY]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (S. 1934), S12014-S12016 [27OC], S12521 [8NO]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, S2910, S2911, S2929 [17MR], S9799, S9803, S9804 [8SE], S10026 [14SE]

Education: provide grants to States for improved workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders (S. 1352), S7835 [30JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (S. 749), S3410, S3421-S3424 [11AP]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 1362), S7852-S7855 [30JN]

Iraq: call for independent investigation of abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S4246-S4249 [26AP]

U.S. Parole Commission: extend (S. 1368), S7926 [1JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Justice State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 188), S2993 [17MR]

U.S. Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3020) (H. Rept. 109-176), H6105 [19JY]

Texts of

S. 122, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S314 [24JA]

S. 188, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program appropriations, S599 [26JA], S5743 [23MY]

S. 749, allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts granted to Federal Prison Industries, Inc., S3421-S3423 [11AP]

S. 1362, Homeland Security Enhancement Act, S7855-S7858 [30JN]

S. 1368, U.S. Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act, S7926 [1JY], H8171 [21SE]

S. 1564, provide for disposition of certain Federal property in Anne Arundel County, MD, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill Juvenile Detention Facility, S9481 [29JY]