CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Articles and editorials

Breitbart’s Darby Announces Border Security and Public Corruption Tipline, H5315 [11JN]

Failed Somali Pirate Prosecution Fuels Terror Trial Fears (excerpt), H4971 [29MY]

Treatment or Jail—Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade, S1275 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see S. 2309), S2875 [8MY] (see H.R. 4607), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see S. 2426), S3424 [4JN]

Children and youth: eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if the offender were not a juvenile (see S. 2874), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 4123), H2097 [28FE]

——— ensure juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities (see H.R. 4124), H2097 [28FE]

Civil liberties: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4015 [8MY]

Crime: seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see S. 2567), S4271 [8JY] (see H.R. 5158), H6580 [18JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 3907), H1241 [16JA]

——— improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 3908), H1241 [16JA]

Depts. of Education and Justice: prohibit funds from being used to provide postsecondary courses in prisons (see H.R. 4081), H1937 [25FE]

Immigration: establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1241 [16JA]

——— extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (see S. 2463), S3604 [11JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2999), S6626 [11DE]

Law enforcement: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available the same information as Federal facilities on facility operations and prisoners (see H.R. 5838), H9044 [10DE]

Medicaid: protect enrollment of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see S. 2211), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4390), H2913 [3AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H6296 [15JY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: incentivize States to improve youth outcomes and avoid using incarceration by awarding grants to organizations that get at-risk youth on the right track (see S. 2531), S4003 [25JN]

Taxation: provide an exemption from tax on early distributions for certain Bureau of Prisons correctional officers who retire before age 55 (see S. 2257), S2424 [28AP]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: disapprove amendment to sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 5605), H7884 [18SE]

Voting: secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see S. 2550), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5719), H7995 [14NO]

Motions

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 162), S3019 [14MY], S3047 [15MY], S3151 [20MY], S3195 [21MY]

Press releases

Announcing New Clemency Initiative, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Details Broad New Criteria for Applicants: Dept. of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, H4990 [29MY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Prisons: prohibit funding for contracts with for-profit prisons that require a guaranteed inmate population, H4985, H4986 [29MY]

Chicago, IL: tribute to education, employment, and housing programs created to assist individuals recently released from prison, H2948 [4AP]

Crime: use of mandatory minimum penalties for certain crimes, E833 [23MY]

D’Alessandro, Rosemarie: tribute to efforts to pass law requiring life in prison without parole for a person who murders a child in conjunction with a sexual offense, H7537 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons funding, H4881 [28MY]

Dept. of Defense: allow use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. facilities or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S., H4970, H4971 [29MY]

——— allow use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to their home countries and bring individuals not cleared for release to the U.S. to be charged, tried, and sentenced, H5521, H5522 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the individual’s country of origin or to any foreign country, H5517, H5518 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen, H5484, H5485 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding to detain without conviction any individual at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than 15 years, H5543, H5544 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide additional or upgraded facilities for individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H3337–H3339 [30AP]

Dept. of Justice: add incest to exceptions to prohibition on funding for abortions, H4952 [29MY]

——— clemency initiative funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons funding, H4905, H4906 [28MY]

——— implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H2895 [3AP]

——— Pay for Success program funding, H4943 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to expand use of executive clemency in a manner that is inconsistent with the law and the Constitution, H4989, H4990 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to transfer or detail employees to the Office of the Pardon Attorney to process clemency applications, H4986, H4987 [29MY]

——— proposal to offer clemency to non-violent drug offenders, H1528 [3FE]

——— Second Chance Act grant funding, H4904, H4905 [28MY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses, E339 [10MR]

Education: expand education and job training activities for incarcerated individuals, H5967 [9JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to enforcement of immigration laws, H6101–H6104 [10JY], H6131–H6133 [11JY], H6301, H6343 [16JY]

POW: provide for the disposition of certain persons detained in the U.S. pursuant to authorization for use of military force, H4730–H4732 [21MY]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H128 [9JA]

States: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (H.R. 62), E340 [10MR]

Thomson, IL: opening of Thomson Correctional Center, H2438 [14MR]

——— prohibit funding for operation, renovation, or construction at Thomson Correctional Facility, H4977–H4979 [29MY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: decision to retroactively modify sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses, E1203 [22JY]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (S. 2567), S4370 [10JY], S6490 [10DE]

DEA: investigation into detention of Daniel Chong, S5070–S5072 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen, S6286 [3DE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whom Guantanamo Review Task Force has recommended for continued law of war detention, S3842 [19JN]

——— proposal to offer clemency to non-violent drug offenders, S2549 [30AP]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (S. 1410), S2224–S2226 [8AP], S2942 [13MY], S3912 [24JN], S4449 [14JY], S5845 [18SE], S6490 [10DE]

Immigration: extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (S. 2463), S3595, S3599, S3605 [11JN]

Law enforcement: assessment of criminal justice system relative to disparate treatment of African Americans and incarceration levels, S6489–S6491 [10DE]

——— permit certain low-risk Federal prisoners to earn credit toward completing a portion of their sentence through home confinement, halfway houses, or community supervision, S3912 [24JN]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 162), motion to proceed, S3019 [14MY], S3047 [15MY], S3151 [20MY], S3195 [21MY]

POW: freeze funding to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, deduct money used for such transfers from Executive Office of the President budget, and require congressional approval for such transfers, S3491 [9JN]

Reports filed

Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1675), S1517 [11MR]

Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1690), S5918 [12NO]

Smarter Sentencing Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1410), S1517 [11MR]