119-hr3612

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3612 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3612

 To restrict the authority of the Attorney General to enter into 
contracts for Federal correctional facilities and community confinement 
 facilities, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 23, 2025

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McIver, 
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Ramirez, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To restrict the authority of the Attorney General to enter into 
contracts for Federal correctional facilities and community confinement 
 facilities, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``End For-Profit Prisons Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CONTRACTING FOR FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES 
 AND COMMUNITY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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Sec. 4015. No contracting out of Federal prison facilities or 
 community confinement facilities
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    (a) Federal Correctional Facilities Generally.--Beginning on the 
date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of the End For-
Profit Prisons Act of 2025--
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    (1) all core correctional services at each correctional 
 facility which is used by the Bureau of Prisons for the 
 confinement of persons serving sentences of imprisonment for 
 Federal offenses shall be performed by employees of the Federal 
 Government; and
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    (2) all core correctional services at each correctional 
 facility which is used by the United States Marshals Service 
 for the confinement of persons in the custody of the United 
 States Marshals Service shall be performed by employees of the 
 Federal Government, except that the United States Marshals 
 Service may enter and maintain a contract with a facility 
 operated by a State or unit of local government if--
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        (A) the core correctional services at such 
 correctional facility are performed by employees of 
 such State or unit of local government; and
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        (B) the facility meets all constitutional, 
 Federal statutory, United States Marshals Service, and 
 any applicable State or local standards.
 ``

    (b) Federal Community Confinement Facilities.--Beginning on the 
date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of the End For-
Profit Prisons Act of 2025, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may 
not enter into or maintain any contract with any for-profit entity to 
provide or manage any community confinement facility.
 ``
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) The term `community confinement facility' has the 
 meaning given that term in 

section 115.5 of title 28, Code of 
 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
 of the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025).
 ``

    (2) The term `core correctional services' means the 
 housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of 
 individuals charged with or convicted of an offense.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item:

``4015. No contracting out of Federal prison facilities or community 
 confinement facilities.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Federal Correctional Facilities.--The Attorney General shall 
take appropriate action to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons and 
United States Marshals Service contracts for core correctional services 
which, at the conclusion of the transition period, will be prohibited 
under 

section 4015 of title 18, United States Code.

    (b) Federal Community Confinement Facilities.--The Attorney General 
shall take appropriate action to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons 
contracts for community confinement facilities which, at the conclusion 
of the transition period, will be prohibited under 

section 4015 of 
title 18, United States Code.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to 
Congress a report which describes and evaluates the prison population 
in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. The report shall include 
information regarding the race, gender, age, and nationality of such 
persons, as well as the location of the custody of such persons.

SEC. 5. RESEARCH ON PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall conduct research to 
evaluate the effectiveness at improving community reintegration of 
programs operated by, and policies of, community confinement facilities 
(as such term is defined in 

section 4015 of title 18, United States 
Code), and shall develop guidelines based on such research for the use 
of such programs and policies at community confinement facilities.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report which describes the results of the research 
conducted under subsection

    (a) , the guidelines developed pursuant to 
such research, and how such guidelines are being incorporated into any 
contract for the provision or management of a community confinement 
facility to which the Bureau of Prisons is a party.

SEC. 6. ANNUAL INSPECTION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES USED FOR THE 
 CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED 
 STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.

 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the United States Marshals Service shall 
conduct a thorough inspection of each correctional facility which is 
used by the United States Marshals Service for the confinement of 
persons in the custody of the United States Marshals Service to ensure 
that each such facility meets all constitutional, Federal statutory, 
United States Marshals Service, and any other applicable standards, 
including any State or local standards.

SEC. 7. DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF 
 FEDERAL PRISONERS.

 

Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
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    (h) Provision of Information and Counseling.--The Attorney 
General shall make rules to assure that each prisoner released from 
Federal custody upon the expiration of that prisoner's term of 
imprisonment for an offense, including a prisoner who resides in a 
community confinement facility (as such term is defined in 

section 4015), receives information and appropriate counseling about each of 
the following:
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    (1) Any right the prisoner may have to have the 
 prisoner's criminal record expunged.
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    (2) The availability of programs to remove employment 
 barriers.
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    (3) Relevant vocational and educational rehabilitation 
 programs that are available to the prisoner.
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    (4) A detailed record of participation in educational, 
 employment, and treatment programs completed while 
 incarcerated.
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    (5) Assistance with applications for the following:
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        (A) Programs providing nutritional assistance.
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        (B) Medicaid.
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            (C) Social Security.
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            (D) Driver's license.
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        (E) Registering to vote.''.

SEC. 8. DUTIES OF BUREAU OF PRISONS REGARDING RELEASED PRISONERS.

 

Section 4042 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
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    (e) Requirements With Respect to Released Prisoners.--In carrying 
out the duties set forth in subsections

    (a)

    (6) and

    (a)

    (7) , the Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each prisoner receives 
information and counseling during prerelease procedures regarding each 
area described in subsections

    (a)

    (6) and

    (a)

    (7) . The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall provide each released prisoner, including a 
prisoner who resides in a community confinement facility (as such term 
is defined in 

section 4015), with information regarding fines, 
assessments, surcharges, restitution, other penalties due from the 
prisoner in connection with the conviction, which it shall be the duty 
of the appropriate judicial officers to provide to the Bureau.''.
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