CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Amendments

Telephones: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (S. 1749), S2247, S2248 [13AP], S6456 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 5747), H5674 [15JY]

Courts: permit a court to sentence an offender who is determined to be sexually dangerous to a term of special confinement for the prevention of sexual predation (see H.R. 5232), H3272 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention establishment of a public awareness campaign noting the link between dropping out of school and incarceration (see H.R. 5091), H2798 [21AP]

———create a pilot program to provide grants to correctional facilities to establish a 40-hour work week curriculum of responsible activities for incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 4458), H139 [13JA]

———establish demonstration program to partner nonprofit organizations with juvenile justice agencies to monitor juvenile facilities and provide families with increased positive engagement (see H.R. 6361), H7393 [29SE]

———improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 5304), H3482 [13MY]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 4542), H422 [27JA]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 3376), S3716 [13MY]

Education: establish pilot program for training and certification of Federal inmates in the culinary arts to be utilized while incarcerated and for future employment and education (see H.R. 5984), H6567 [30JY]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (see S. 3798), S7175 [16SE] (see H.R. 6153), H6803 [16SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 3901), S7787 [29SE]

———identify and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the U.S. (see H.R. 6062), H6570 [30JY]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see H.R. 5143), H2935 [27AP]

Social Security: prohibit access of prisoners to Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 5854), H6042 [26JY]

Taxation: provide benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated (see S. 3892), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 4743), H1103 [3MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for permanent existence (see H.R. 4685), H833 [24FE]

Letters

National Criminal Justice Commission Act: Senator Coburn, S6390 [28JY]

Remarks in House

Courts: allow certain detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be brought to the U.S. for trial and possible imprisonment, H131-H134, H136, H137 [13JA]

Dept. of Defense: conditions and treatment of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H131 [13JA], H7745, H7749 [30NO]

———contract to purchase textiles, apparel, and footwear from Federal Prison Industries, Inc., H2243 [23MR]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Bagram AFB, Afghanistan, H3881 [27MY]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H3881 [27MY]

Fairfax County, VA: tribute to volunteers assisting Fairfax County Sheriff's Office to prepare inmates for successful transition into the community, E610 [21AP]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (H.R. 5143), H6129-H6133 [27JY], E1461 [28JY], E1527 [30JY]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H272 [21JA]

———prohibit access of prisoners to Social Security account numbers (H.R. 5854), E1423 [26JY]

Taxation: enhance information exchange between IRS and State prisons to prevent tax fraud by prison inmates, H4937 [29JN]

Telecommunications: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (H.R. 560), H5792 [20JY]

Telephones: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (S. 1749), H5791, H5792 [20JY]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for permanent existence (H.R. 4685), E223 [24FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S10937 [22DE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 3376), S3720 [13MY]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (S. 3798), S7176 [16SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 3901), S7804-S7807 [29SE]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (S. 714), S6353 [28JY], S7597 [28SE]

Telephones: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (S. 1749), S2248 [13AP], S6456 [28JY]

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, S71 [21JA]

Reports filed

Cell Phone Contraband Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1749), S438 [2FE]

Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2772), S1812 [22MR]

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3798), S10929 [21DE]

National Criminal Justice Commission Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 714), S3358 [6MY]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5143, National Criminal Justice Commission Act, H6159 [27JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1749, Cell Phone Contraband Act, H5816 [20JY]

Texts of

H.R. 5143, National Criminal Justice Commission Act, H6129-H6131 [27JY]

S. 1749, Cell Phone Contraband Act, S2248 [13AP], H5791 [20JY]

S. 3376, Dept. of Justice State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reauthorization, S3721 [13MY]

S. 3901, Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act, S7807-S7809 [29SE]