HR 1206 United States House · 117th Congress

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021

Summary
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021 This bill establishes a framework to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshals Service contracts with private companies for correctional facilities and community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses). The bill requires the Department of Justice to develop guidelines for community reintegration programs at community confinement facilities. In carrying out prerelease and reentry planning procedures, the bill requires the BOP to ensure prisoners receive information and counseling about criminal record expungement; educational, employment, and treatment programs; and applications for public assistance programs. The BOP must also provide prisoners with postrelease information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 22, 2021 Last action Apr 28, 2021
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Apr 28, 2021
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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Feb 22, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Feb 22, 2021
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
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