{"id":15884,"date":"2022-12-14T21:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T02:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=15884"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:51:26","slug":"breaking-u-s-house-passes-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-fight-crime-corruption-abuse-in-federal-prisons","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/breaking-u-s-house-passes-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-fight-crime-corruption-abuse-in-federal-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: U.S. House Passes Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Bipartisan Bill to Fight Crime, Corruption, & Abuse in Federal Prisons<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bipartisan bill will require Federal Bureau of Prisons to upgrade outdated, broken security camera systems<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan PSI investigations into Federal prison system have uncovered crime, corruption, & abuse \u2014 made worse by inadequate security camera systems<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill passed the Senate last year & heads to become law<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. \u2014<\/strong> U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill to fight crime, corruption, and abuse in Federal prisons passed Congress and is headed to the President\u2019s desk to become law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. House tonight passed Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act<\/em>, which will require the Federal Bureau of Prisons to upgrade outdated, broken security camera systems, ensuring all facilities have the coverage necessary to protect the civil rights and safety of incarcerated people and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve led multiple investigations of crime and corruption in Federal prisons. Broken prison camera systems are enabling corruption, misconduct, and abuse,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong>\u201cThat’s why I brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass my Prison Camera Reform Act<\/em>, which has passed Congress and is on its way to the President’s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff introduced the bill last year with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The bill passed the U.S. Senate last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCriminal justice reform includes ensuring that the health and safety of incarcerated people and BOP staff is a top priority. Updating the communications systems and security cameras in prisons is a commonsense step toward maintaining safe facilities by deterring abuse and misconduct,\u201d said Durbin<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m grateful that the bipartisan\u00a0Prison Camera Reform Act<\/em>\u00a0passed Congress, and I urge President Biden to sign the legislation swiftly to help bring BOP facilities into the 21st\u00a0century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill\u2019s passage comes one day after Sen. Ossoff unveiled the results of his 8-month bipartisan PSI investigation<\/a> into sexual abuse of women in Federal prisons, which revealed that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has failed to prevent, detect, and stop recurring sexual abuse by its own employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survivors of sexual abuse in Federal prisons testified at Sen. Ossoff\u2019s PSI\u2019s hearing yesterday that BOP employees assaulted them in areas where they knew there was no camera coverage. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Justice\u2019s Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, also testified that outdated and broken prison cameras have hindered prosecution of serious cases involving assault and civil rights violations. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horowitz called on Congress to pass Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill, noting in his testimony that \u201caction by the BOP on its camera deficiencies is absolutely critical to the BOP\u2019s ability to ensure the safety and security of its institutions for inmates as well as its employees.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill requires BOP to upgrade prison camera systems to ensure the secure storage, logging, preservation, and accessibility of recordings for future investigators pursuing allegations of misconduct, abuse, or other criminal activity in prisons, including the flow of dangerous contraband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill has the strong backing of the Council of Prison Locals, which represents more than 30,000 BOP employees, as well as other key civil rights groups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bipartisan bill will require Federal Bureau of Prisons to upgrade outdated, broken security camera systems Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan PSI investigations into Federal prison system have uncovered crime, corruption, & abuse \u2014 made worse by inadequate security camera systems Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill passed the Senate last year & heads to become law Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15884","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15892,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15884\/revisions\/15892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}