{"id":30481,"date":"2026-08-14T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=30481"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:41:26","slug":"ms-now-jon-ossoff-has-a-congressional-superpower","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/ms-now-jon-ossoff-has-a-congressional-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"MS NOW: \u201cJon Ossoff Has a Congressional Superpower\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

MS NOW<\/em><\/a>: While some of the most \u201ccontentious partisan exchanges get the most attention,\u201d Ossoff argued, the \u201cinvestigation into corruption and civil rights abuses in our prison system,\u201d the \u201cmistreatment of military families by defense contractors\u201d and the \u201cabuse and trafficking of foster children in Georgia\u201d are \u201cequally important.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 MS NOW is highlighting<\/a> U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s record of Congressional investigations that have uncovered corruption, abuse, and misconduct, and his legislative work to then solve corruption that his investigations uncovered.

For example, in 2022, while investigating reports of corruption and abuse within Atlanta\u2019s Federal prison as Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), Sen. Ossoff issued a Subpoena<\/a> for the Biden Administration\u2019s Bureau of Prisons Director, only securing his testimony after issuing the subpoena.

Later in 2022, Sen. Ossoff unveiled the results of another 8-month bipartisan investigation, which uncovered<\/a> that BOP employees sexually abused female prisoners in at least two-thirds (19 of 29 facilities) of Federal prisons that have held women over the past decade. Survivors of sexual abuse testified that BOP employees assaulted them in areas where they knew there was no camera coverage.

After conducting the numerous investigations into the Federal prison system, Sen. Ossoff then used the evidence he uncovered to pass two bipartisan bills into law to strengthen oversight and accountability.

In December 2022, Sen. Ossoff passed into law<\/a> his bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act<\/em> with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), which required the Federal Bureau of Prisons to upgrade outdated and broken security camera systems, ensuring all facilities have the coverage necessary to protect the safety of incarcerated people and staff.

In 2024, Sen. Ossoff then passed into law<\/a> his bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act<\/em> to overhaul independent oversight of the Bureau of Prisons by mandating routine inspections of all facilities by the DOJ Inspector General and establishing a new Ombudsman to investigate the health, safety, welfare, and rights of incarcerated people and staff.

In addition, after Sen. Ossoff\u2019s investigation into Georgia\u2019s foster care system uncovered<\/a> the likely sex trafficking of foster kids, Sen. Ossoff then introduced and passed into law a bipartisan bill to help protect children<\/a> from sex trafficking.

See key excepts below from MS NOW:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\/13: <\/strong>Inside Jon Ossoff\u2019s congressional superpower: Making oversight go viral<\/strong><\/a>

MS NOW \/\/ Kevin Fry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n