CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Amendments

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 2944), S6350, S6352 [6OC], H6841 [12OC]

Articles and editorials

Absolute Scandal, S6986 [1NO]

Beyond Guantanamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates, S8647-S8649 [15DE]

Falling Crime, Teeming Prisons, S6984 [1NO]

Justice System Needs To Be Studied, S6985 [1NO]

Republicans Block Justice Review Proposal in Senate, S6985 [1NO]

Senate Negligence on Crime Reform, S6986 [1NO]

Shaky Arguments Block Federal Commission on Crime, S6985 [1NO]

Xinjiang Procedure, H8299-H8302 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see S. 1645), S6089 [4OC] (see H.R. 1175), H1983 [17MR]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3051), H6455 [23SE]

Contracts: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 74), H35 [5JA]

Courts: establish a meaningful opportunity for parole or similar release for child offenders sentenced to life in prison (see H.R. 3305), H7207 [1NO]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other enemy belligerents to the U.S. (see S. 209), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 513), H509 [26JA]

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. 906), H1573 [3MR]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1771), H3108 [5MY]

———improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 1913), H3301 [13MY]

———provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 2464), H4792 [8JY]

———provide incentive grants to promote alternatives to incarcerating delinquent juveniles (see H.R. 3170), H6853 [12OC]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 639), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 100), H36 [5JA]

Dept. of Labor: provide grants for Civic Justice Corps programs for court-involved, previously incarcerated, and otherwise disadvantaged youth and young adults (see H.R. 3114), H6671 [6OC]

Diseases: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 3547), H8075 [1DE]

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. 1077), H1840 [15MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 3634), H8727 [12DE]

Golden Venture (vessel): adjust status of certain aliens who were aboard the immigrant-smuggling ship (see H.R. 411), H434 [24JA]

Health: reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits to certain individuals released from a public institution (see H.R. 2704), H5780 [29JY]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 638), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 410), H434 [24JA]

———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 100), H36 [5JA]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 332), S682 [14FE]

———identify and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the U.S. (see H.R. 932), H1574 [3MR]

———make detention and deportation mandatory for illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving and improve State and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1459), H2570 [8AP]

Inmates: require minimum workweek for Federal prison inmates and reform inmate work programs (see S. 180), S127 [25JA]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (see H.R. 3171), H6853 [12OC]

Medicaid: protect eligibility of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see H.R. 3172), H6853 [12OC]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 306), S629 [8FE]

National Youth Justice Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 436), H6920 [13OC]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1231), S3924 [20JN]

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. 2343), H4527 [23JN]

———clarify policy relative to good time credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment (see H.R. 2344), H4527 [23JN]

States: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 223), H134 [7JA]

Taxation: permit information sharing with respect to prison inmate information (see S. 1367), S4608 [14JY]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (see H.R. 2944), H6231 [15SE]

Letters

Federal Bureau of Prisons closure of UNICOR operations and reduction of personnel at certain correctional institutions: Representative Wolf, Committee on Appropriations (House), E1679 [21SE]

Grant executive clemency and commute full sentence of life imprisonment for Jonathan J. Pollard: several Representatives, E1489 [2AU]

National Criminal Justice Commission: Scott Burns, National District Attorneys Association, S6798 [20OC]

———William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S6798 [20OC]

Nomination of James M. Cole to be Deputy Attorney General: Senators Grassley and Chambliss, S2767 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (H.R. 1175), H7004 [24OC]

China: allegations of executions and harvesting of organs in Chinese prisons, H8299 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: allow transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other locations to the U.S. for prosecution in Federal courts under certain conditions, H3641-H3643, H3649, H3650 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (H.R. 1771), H4190 [15JN]

———improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (H.R. 1913), H4190 [15JN]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (H.R. 100), H6262 [20SE]

Illinois: decision to abolish capital punishment, E452 [10MR]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (H.R. 410), E99 [24JA]

———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 100), H6262 [20SE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H3942 [2JN]

Pierluisi, Representative: response to remarks of Representative Gutierrez regarding imprisonment of Osvaldo Toledo, H1075 [17FE]

Pollard, Jonathan J.: grant executive clemency and commute full sentence of life imprisonment, H5868 [1AU], E1489 [2AU]

Supreme Court: decision in Brown v. Plata on reduction of California prison population, H3323 [23MY]

Toledo, Osvaldo: condemn imprisonment for refusal to pay contempt of court fine, H942 [16FE], E255 [17FE]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 2944), H6243, H6244 [20SE]

———provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 2944), Senate amendment, H6841 [12OC]

Remarks in Senate

Berlin, NH: prison opening funding, S6730 [19OC]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a country that has a case of prior confirmed recidivism, S7895 [28NO]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 639), S1846 [17MR]

———response to request from Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) for documents relative to process of Guantanamo Bay Detainee Review Task Force to detain, transfer, or release Guantanamo Bay detainees, S2767, S2770, S2771 [9MY]

Illinois: tribute to juvenile justice reforms, S7122 [3NO]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (S. 638), S1846 [17MR]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 332), S684 [14FE], S5472 [9SE]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish, S6573 [17OC], S6794, S6796-S6800, S6802, S6851 [20OC], S6983 [1NO]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1231), S3926 [20JN]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 2944), S6351, S6352 [6OC], S8158 [1DE]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: vote on applying retroactively the sentencing guideline amendment on sentence disparities between powder and crack cocaine offenses, S4209 [29JN]

Reports filed

Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1231), S4802 [21JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2944, U.S. Parole Commission Extension Act, H6243 [20SE]

S. 638, SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act, S1846 [17MR]

S. 639, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reauthorization, S1846 [17MR]

S. 1231, Second Chance Act reauthorization, S3926-S3930 [20JN]