CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Amendments

Telecommunications: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10115 [5OC]

Articles and editorials

Civilian Courts Are No Place To Try Terrorists, S10555 [20OC]

Las Vegas Police Refer 2,000 Inmates to Immigration Officials, S10272 [8OC]

Security Worries in the Suburbs, S5460 [14MY]

State May Release Prisoners To Cut Costs, S11399 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1990), H4580 [21AP]

———restore former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms (see H.R. 1475), H3400 [12MR]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 650), S3550 [19MR]

———constitutional amendment to allow the death penalty for the rape of a child (see H.J. Res. 51), H5399 [7MY]

Census: require that an individual incarcerated on the date on which a decennial census is taken shall be attributed to the last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 2075), H4732 [23AP]

China: condemn human rights and legal due process standards violations by carrying out executions after marred trials and arbitrary detentions targeting Uyghurs and certain other individuals (see H. Res. 953), H13628 (see H. Res. 953), H14372 [8DE]

Contracts: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 2450), H5671 [15MY]

Courts: establish a meaningful opportunity for parole or similar release for child offenders sentenced to life in prison (see H.R. 2289), H5307 [6MY]

———provide for the redress of prison abuses (see H.R. 4335), H15498 [16DE]

Crime: make killing of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder an aggravating factor for imposition of death penalty (see H.R. 3209), H8099 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense: furnish the House of Representatives all information on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the U.S. for trial (see H. Res. 924), H13353 [19NO]

———prohibit transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States (see H.R. 4120), H13351 [19NO]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Florence Federal Correctional Complex in Colorado, or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants at such location (see H.R. 794), H919 [3FE]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson, IL (see H.R. 4097), H13068 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 439), H161 [9JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: furnish the House of Representatives all information on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the U.S. for trial (see H. Res. 922), H13353 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: assist States and local governments to establish and expand programs employing global positioning system technologies as alternative sentencing options (see H.R. 3528), H9279 [31JY]

———authorize a national program to reduce drug use, crime, and the costs of incarceration (see H.R. 4055), H12587 [6NO]

———authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H4733 [23AP]

———convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons in Miami-Dade County, FL, to facilitate construction of a new educational facility that includes a secure parking area (see S. 814), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 838), H921 [3FE]

———establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to improve cost-effectiveness of State and local spending on prisons, jails, and corrections, and to increase public safety (see S. 2772), S11382 [16NO] (see H.R. 4080), H13001 [16NO]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see S. 495), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1412), H3145 [10MR]

———furnish the House of Representatives all information on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the U.S. for trial (see H. Res. 920), H13353 [19NO]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 2795), S11492 [18NO]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2282), H5306 [6MY] (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

Diseases: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1429), H3337 [11MR]

FCC: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 1133), H2602 [23FE]

Golden Venture (vessel): adjust status of certain aliens who were aboard the immigrant-smuggling ship (see H.R. 659), H486 [22JA]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 168), S211 [8JA] (see H.R. 1314), H2979 [4MR]

———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1199), H2835 [25FE]

———require State and local law enforcement to determine immigration status of persons arrested for a felony, report such persons to Dept. of Homeland Security, and require detention pending removal (see H.R. 1663), H3748 [23MR]

Inmates: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 61), H30 [6JA]

———require minimum workweek for Federal prison inmates and reform inmate work programs (see S. 41), S40 [6JA]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (see H.R. 1873), H4518 [2AP]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S3897 [26MR]

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. 4328), H15498 [16DE]

———clarify policy relative to good time credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment (see H.R. 4327), H15498 [16DE]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (see H.R. 4218), H13627 (see H.R. 4218), H14370 [8DE]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 2209), H5061 [30AP]

Supreme Court: express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (see S. Res. 4), S43 [6JA]

Telecommunications: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 560), H380 [15JA]

Telephones: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (see S. 1749), S10110 [5OC]

Thomson, IL: authorize Bureau of Prisons to convert Thomson Correctional Facility into a Federal prison and prohibit transfer and housing of Guantanamo detainees at such facility (see H.R. 4093), H13068 [17NO]

Letters

Impact of transporting and incarcerating in the Bureau of Prisons individuals detained as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Harley G. Lappin, Bureau of Prisons, S3056 [12MR]

Prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks: Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S11408 [17NO]

Prohibit funding to construct or modify any facility in the U.S. to permanently or temporarily hold any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: several Cabinet members, S11408 [17NO]

Prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S.: Delegates and Resident Commissioner of U.S. Territories, H6884 [16JN]

Proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Representative Wolf, H5066 [4MY]

Lists

Individuals imprisoned by Cuban Government for expressions of freedom of speech, S4913 [30AP]

Press releases

Case Update—Elderly Activist Shuang Shuying Released; Reports Abuses in Prison: Human Rights in China (organization), E588 [6MR]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: tribute to members serving at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H5173 [6MY]

Boone County, AR: tribute to opening of Jail and Law Enforcement Facility, E875 [2AP]

Bureau of Prisons: funding, H6889, H6890 [16JN], H6926, H6927 [17JN], H6977 [18JN]

Courts: allow certain detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be brought to the U.S. for trial and possible imprisonment, H6662-H6665 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: eligibility of formerly incarcerated persons who were convicted of drug offenses to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H7803 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson, IL, H15416 [16DE]

———statistics on individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H7153 [24JN]

Dept. of HHS: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (H.R. 439), H5173 [6MY]

———vaccination of inmates at Texas correctional institutions, E2872 [2DE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize a national program to reduce drug use, crime, and the costs of incarceration (H.R. 4055), E2741 [6NO]

———convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons in Miami-Dade County, FL, to facilitate construction of a new educational facility that includes a secure parking area (H.R. 838), H4214, H4215 [31MR]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, H5769 [19MY]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H6621 [12JN], H6895 [16JN], H6976 [18JN], E1463 [17JN], E1492, E1494 [18JN]

Diseases: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (H.R. 1429), H3459-H3463 [17MR], E725 [19MR], E740 [23MR]

District of Columbia: require notification of local police when juveniles escape from the New Beginnings Youth Center in Laurel, MD, H8209 [16JY]

———tribute to first graduating class of Rivers Correctional Institution Residential Drug Abuse Program, E423 [25FE]

Immigration: improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 1199), H3148 [11MR]

———require State and local law enforcement to determine immigration status of persons arrested for a felony, report such persons to Dept. of Homeland Security, and require detention pending removal, H5409 [12MY]

Iraq: renovation and reopening of Abu Ghraib prison, H2949 [4MR]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (H.R. 1873), H5135 [5MY]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H4918 [29AP], H5065 [4MY], H5108, H5138 [5MY], H5173, H5174 [6MY], H5595-H5599, H5603, H5604, H5616-H5624, H5627, H5628 [14MY], H5692 [18MY], H5806 [20MY], H6130 [3JN], H6294-H6298 [8JN], H6546-H6549 [11JN], H6798 [15JN], H6865-H6870 [16JN]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H6622 [12JN]

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), H13596, H13597 [8DE], E2904 [8DE]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 2209), E1028 [30AP]

States: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (H.R. 61), E561 [5MR]

Thomson, IL: authorize Bureau of Prisons to convert Thomson Correctional Facility into a Federal prison and prohibit transfer and housing of Guantanamo detainees at such facility (H.R. 4093), E2782 [17NO]

———proposal to convert Thomson Correctional Center into a Federal prison with a separate unit to house some detainees previously held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H13010 [17NO], H13323 [19NO], H14886 [15DE], H15476 [16DE], E3056 [17DE]

Remarks in Senate

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (S. 650), S3558-S3560 [19MR]

Courts: allow certain detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be brought to the U.S. for trial and possible imprisonment, S6320, S6325-S6327 [9JN], S6417, S6430-S6438, S6440, S6478 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to construct or modify any facility in the U.S. to permanently or temporarily hold any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S11283 [9NO], S11395, S11402, S11407-S11409 [17NO]

———transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Bermuda, S6647 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons in Miami-Dade County, FL, to facilitate construction of a new educational facility that includes a secure parking area (H.R. 838), S8211 [28JY]

———convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons in Miami-Dade County, FL, to facilitate construction of a new educational facility that includes a secure parking area (S. 814), S6854 [19JN]

———establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to improve cost-effectiveness of State and local spending on prisons, jails, and corrections, and to increase public safety (S. 2772), S11384 [16NO]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (S. 495), S2565 [26FE]

———impact of closing detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S3054-S3057 [12MR], S4738 [27AP], S5169 [6MY], S5252-S5254 [7MY]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in corporate welfare programs funding, S10272 [8OC], S11171 [5NO]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (S. 168), S215 [8JA]

Mission Hills, CA: Providence Holy Cross Hospital gang insignia tattoo removal program funding, S2759 [4MR]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (S. 714), S3900-S3904 [26MR], S11013 [3NO], S13185 [14DE]

National Prison Rape Elimination Commission: implement recommendations, S6935 [23JN]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S4726, S4728 [27AP], S4766 [28AP], S4836 [29AP], S4907, S4911-S4915 [30AP], S5002 [1MY], S5045 [4MY], S5169 [6MY], S5252-S5254 [7MY], S5308, S5311 [11MY], S5341 [12MY], S5419 [13MY], S5459-S5463, S5473, S5476 [14MY], S5544 [18MY], S5565, S5596 [19MY], S5767, S5791 [21MY], S6137, S6150, S6157 [4JN], S6238, S6247 [8JN], S6395 [10JN], S7770 [21JY]

Social Security: prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), S12969 [10DE]

Telecommunications: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10112, S10115-S10117 [5OC]

Telephones: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (S. 1749), S10112 [5OC]

Thomson, IL: proposal to convert Thomson Correctional Center into a Federal prison with a separate unit to house some detainees previously held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S11374-S11376 [16NO], S11395 [17NO], S13280, S13309-S13311 [16DE], S13422 [18DE]

Reports filed

Dept. of Defense Furnishing the House of Representatives Information on the Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Into the U.S. for Trial: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 924) (H. Rept. 111-383), H15506 [19DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security Furnishing the House of Representatives Information on Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Into the U.S. for Trial: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H. Res. 922) (H. Rept. 111-377), H14980 [15DE]

Dept. of Justice Furnishing the House of Representatives Information on Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Into the U.S. for Trial: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 920) (H. Rept. 111-378), H14980 [15DE]

Safe Prisons Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 251) (S. Rept. 111-79), S9839 [24SE]

Schedules

U.S. v. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, S6431 [10JN]

Statements

Prison Experience: Shuang Shuying, E588 [6MR]

Testimonies

Sentencing Commission Responsibilities: Robert Pratt, S13186-S13188 [14DE]

Texts of

H.R. 838, Miami Dade College Land Conveyance Act, H4214 [31MR]

H.R. 1429, Stop AIDS in Prison Act, H3459 [17MR]

H.R. 4218, No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act, H13596 [8DE]

S. 168, SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act, S215 [8JA]

S. 251, Safe Prisons Communications Act, S10115-S10117 [5OC]

S. 495, Justice Integrity Act, S2566 [26FE]

S. 650, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S3560-S3563 [19MR]

S. 814, Miami Dade College Land Conveyance Act, S6854 [19JN]

S. 1749, Cell Phone Contraband Act, S10112 [5OC]

S. Res. 4, express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child, S148 [6JA]