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

USA115th CongressHR-3844| House 
| Updated: 10/4/2017
Bonnie Watson Coleman

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Democratic Representative

New Jersey

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to phase out existing contracts with private prison companies and private community confinement facilities. It amends the federal criminal code to require federal employees to perform the core correctional services—housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of offenders—at correctional facilities used by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) or the U.S. Marshals Service. The bill also prohibits the BOP from entering into or maintaining contracts with private companies to manage community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses). DOJ must evaluate the effectiveness of and develop guidelines for programs to improve community reintegration at community confinement facilities. The Marshals Service must annually inspect each correctional facility it uses for confinement. The BOP must provide to prisoners, as part of prerelease procedures, 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 post-release information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties.
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  • September 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • October 4, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Congressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPublic contracts and procurement

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

USA115th CongressHR-3844| House 
| Updated: 10/4/2017
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to phase out existing contracts with private prison companies and private community confinement facilities. It amends the federal criminal code to require federal employees to perform the core correctional services—housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of offenders—at correctional facilities used by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) or the U.S. Marshals Service. The bill also prohibits the BOP from entering into or maintaining contracts with private companies to manage community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses). DOJ must evaluate the effectiveness of and develop guidelines for programs to improve community reintegration at community confinement facilities. The Marshals Service must annually inspect each correctional facility it uses for confinement. The BOP must provide to prisoners, as part of prerelease procedures, 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 post-release information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties.
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  • September 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • October 4, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Bonnie Watson Coleman

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Democratic Representative

New Jersey

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPublic contracts and procurement