CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Articles and editorials

Mass Deportation by the Numbers—ICE Arrests Are Growing But Fewer Have a Criminal History, S311 [28JA]

Un-American Assault on Minnesota—Federal Officials Are Lying. My State’s Corrections Department Honors All Immigration Detainers, S310 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Prisons: ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologists for female prisoners (see H.R. 7733), H2332 [26FE]

——— regulate monitoring of electronic communications between prisoners and attorneys or other legal representative (see S. 3850), S577 [11FE] (see H.R. 7491), H2185 [11FE]

——— submit annual summary report of disaster damage to Congress (see S. 3664), S256 [15JA] (see H.R. 7111), H919 [15JA]

Census: require that individual incarcerated on date on which decennial census is taken shall be attributed to last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 7375), H2030 [4FE]

Courts: give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases (see S. 3960), S731 [2MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: mandate reporting requirements pertaining to detainees in immigration detention facilities (see H.R. 7347), H2029 [4FE]

——— prohibit certain funds from being used to purchase warehouses, contract with owners of warehouses, or repurpose, operate, staff, or maintain any warehouse (see S. 3927), S706 [26FE]

——— reform U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to ensure oversight, accountability, institutional integrity, and full respect for constitutional law (see H. Res. 1030), H1949 [2FE]

——— require Office of Detention Oversight to conduct audits of detention facilities and restrict detention of aliens at such facilities until after any deficiencies have been properly remediated (see S. 3932), S706 [26FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to establish prison libraries to reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated persons (see H.R. 7247), H1914 [27JA]

——— establish pilot program to develop, expand, and maintain digital community resource guides to advance reentry efforts of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration (see H.R. 7309), H1948 [2FE]

——— establish Reentry Rental Assistance and Housing Services Grant Program (see H.R. 7057), H892 [14JA]

——— provide for sentencing of three strikes offenders (see H.R. 8064), H2675 [24MR]

Dept. of State: submit to Congress information on Cameroon’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 637), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Equatorial Guinea’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 634), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Ghana’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 632), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Guatemala’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 636), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Honduras’ human rights practices (see S. Res. 616), S707 [26FE] (see S. Res. 633), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Kosovo’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 635), S958 [10MR]

——— submit to Congress information on Uzbekistan’s human rights practices (see S. Res. 631), S958 [10MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of services to incarcerated veterans (see S. 4162), S1544 [23MR] (see H.R. 8044), H2674 [24MR]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 3959), S731 [2MR]

Federal-State relations: clarify and strengthen requirements relative to information sharing between State and local governments and Federal immigration authorities and prohibit policies that restrict such sharing (see H.R. 7423), H2094 [9FE]

Income: ensure incarcerated workers are paid Federal minimum wage (see S. 4143), S1367 [19MR] (see H.R. 8002), H2620 [19MR]

Iran: condemn for violent repression of peaceful protesters, documented pattern of human rights abuses, and sponsorship of extremist militant groups across Middle East (see H. Res. 1031), H1949 [2FE]

Law enforcement officers: improve recruitment and retention of Federal correctional officers (see S. 3626), S162 [13JA] (see H.R. 7033), H717 [13JA]

Medicaid: require coverage of 12 mental health telehealth visits per calendar year for certain previously incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 7535), H2218 [12FE]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: authorize courts to depart from statutory minimum in cases of juvenile offenders, youthful victim offenders, and certain other minors (see H.R. 7081), H893 [14JA]

Lists

State, local, and correctional law enforcement agencies using firearm-classified taser, H2201 [12FE]

Remarks in House

California: parole board recommendation to grant early release to sex offender under Elderly Parole Program, H2320 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: attempt by elected officials to access U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, H909 [15JA]

——— treatment of detainees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, H606 [9JA], H1990 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide funding to Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals to mental healthcare providers for certain corrections officers (H.R. 2305), H1128 [21JA]

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Prisons: require convicted sex offenders to be housed in low-security facilites or higher rather than minimum security facilities, S1351 [19MR]

——— require convicted sex offenders to be housed in low-security facilites or higher rather than minimum security facilities, unanimous-consent request, S1351, S1352 [19MR]

Foreign countries: call for release of political prisoners, S1594 [25MR]

Texts of

S. 3959, Smarter Sentencing Act, S733 [2MR]

S. 3960, Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act, S735 [2MR]

S. Res. 616, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Honduras’ human rights practices, S709 [26FE]

S. Res. 631, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Uzbekistan’s human rights practices, S960 [10MR]

S. Res. 632, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Ghana’s human rights practices, S961 [10MR]

S. Res. 633, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Honduras’ human rights practices, S962 [10MR]

S. Res. 634, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Equatorial Guinea’s human rights practices, S963 [10MR]

S. Res. 635, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Kosovo’s human rights practices, S963 [10MR]

S. Res. 636, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Guatemala’s human rights practices, S964 [10MR]

S. Res. 637, submit Dept. of State information to Congress on Cameroon’s human rights practices, S965 [10MR]