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H.R. 4970

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019

This bill phases out the use of private prisons and private, for-profit community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses) to confine individuals serving terms for federal offenses. It also requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide inmates with counseling about resources in their communities as part of prerelease procedures and certain postrelease information about any fines, assessments, or other penalties connected to their convictions.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12](D-NJ)Sponsor
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  1. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

    Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
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    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
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    Introduced in House

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    Introduced in House

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019 — Informed