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Prohibits the federal Bureau of Prisons and, generally, the U.S. Marshals Service from using private contractors for "core correctional services" and forbids the Bureau from contracting with for‑profit entities to operate community confinement facilities after multi‑year transition periods. It requires the Attorney General to phase out existing contracts that will be barred, to produce recurring population and program reports, to study and issue guidelines on community‑confinement reintegration practices, and to expand pre‑release counseling and post‑release information for people leaving federal custody. The bill also directs the U.S. Marshals Service to annually inspect every jail or lockup it uses, starting within a year of enactment. Major deadlines: the ban on private contractors for core prison services takes effect six years after enactment; the ban on for‑profit Bureau contracts for community confinement facilities takes effect eight years after enactment. Other requirements include recurring reports (every 2 or 4 years) and annual inspections and pre‑release counseling requirements that begin within one year.
Add a new section 4015 to title 18, U.S. Code, titled “No contracting out of Federal prison facilities or community confinement facilities.”
Beginning on the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment, all core correctional services at each correctional facility used by the Bureau of Prisons for the confinement of persons serving sentences of imprisonment for Federal offenses must be performed by employees of the Federal Government.
Beginning on the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment, all core correctional services at each correctional facility used by the United States Marshals Service for the confinement of persons in its custody must be performed by employees of the Federal Government, except that the U.S. Marshals Service may enter and maintain a contract with a facility operated by a State or unit of local government if (A) the core correctional services at that facility are performed by employees of that State or local government; and (B) the facility meets all constitutional, Federal statutory, U.S. Marshals Service, and any applicable State or local standards.
Beginning on the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment, 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.
Defines “community confinement facility” by reference to the meaning given in section 115.5 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment).
Who is affected and how:
People incarcerated in federal custody: will be directly affected by changes in who provides core prison services and by expanded prerelease counseling and post‑release assistance. Over time they may experience service delivery through federal staff rather than private contractors and should receive more standardized reentry information and help applying for benefits and IDs.
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS): will need to plan and staff to replace contracted services, manage contract terminations, carry out inspections (USMS), collect and publish recurring demographic and program data, and implement new prerelease counseling programs. These agencies will face operational, human resources, procurement, and budgetary impacts during the multi‑year transition.
Private contractors and for‑profit community confinement operators: will lose the ability to provide defined core correctional services to federal prisons after the statutory deadlines and will be barred from future for‑profit contracts to operate community confinement facilities for the BOP. Existing contracts that would be prohibited must be phased out at the end of the transition period, creating revenue and staffing impacts for firms in the corrections industry.
Community confinement and reentry service providers (nonprofit and public): may see changes in contracting opportunities and new BOP guidance on reintegration best practices; nonprofit providers could gain emphasis if for‑profit contractors are phased out.
State and local jails and lockups used by USMS: will be subject to annual USMS inspections if the USMS uses them to hold federal detainees; compliance findings could affect continued use agreements. The inspections impose oversight demands but do not directly appropriate state/local funding.
Families and communities of people leaving custody: may benefit from improved access to benefits, IDs, and reentry supports intended to ease community reintegration and reduce barriers to employment.
Fiscal and operational impacts: replacing contractor staff with federal employees or BOP‑run services could increase direct federal staffing costs and produce short‑term transition expenses. The bill does not include explicit appropriations, so agencies will need to absorb costs or seek future funding. Contractors may challenge contract terminations, producing legal risk and potential litigation.
Transparency and oversight: recurring demographic and placement reporting increases public data about the federal prison population and facility distribution, which could affect policy debates and oversight activities.
Risks and uncertainties:
Adds a new subsection (e) to 18 U.S.C. 4042 requiring the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure each prisoner receives information and counseling during prerelease procedures regarding the areas described in subsections (a)(6) and (a)(7), and to provide each released prisoner (including those in community confinement facilities) with information regarding fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties due in connection with the conviction; notes it is the duty of appropriate judicial officers to provide such information to the Bureau.
Adds subsection (h) to require the Attorney General to promulgate rules ensuring each prisoner released from Federal custody receives information and appropriate counseling on specified topics (expungement rights; programs to remove employment barriers; vocational and educational rehabilitation programs; records of participation in programs while incarcerated; and assistance applying for nutritional assistance programs, Medicaid, Social Security, driver's license, and voter registration).
Adds new section 4015 to chapter 301 of title 18, U.S. Code, entitled 'No contracting out of Federal prison facilities or community confinement facilities', imposing limits on contracting out core correctional services at Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marshals Service facilities and on contracting with for-profit entities for community confinement facilities, and adding definitions.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced May 23, 2025 by Bonnie Watson Coleman · Last progress May 23, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House