Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act
Prison Safety: Higher Penalties for Smuggling Phones
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and is being reviewed by the House Committee on the Judiciary. It is considered active, but no future hearings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill listed for this legislation at this time.
Legislative Progress
While prison safety is often a bipartisan issue, most bills introduced in the House do not make it through the full legislative process without significant leadership backing.
Key Points
- This bill increases the punishment for people who sneak cell phones into federal prisons. If this becomes law, someone caught providing a phone to an inmate could face up to two years in prison.
- The goal is to stop inmates from using hidden phones to run criminal activities or threaten people from behind bars. Smuggled phones are considered a major safety risk for both prison guards and the public.
- The head of the Bureau of Prisons must review all current rules about banned items like phones and drugs. They have one year to finish this review and update policies to make prisons safer for the people who work and live there.
- This plan is named in honor of Osvaldo Albarati, a federal correctional officer who was killed in 2013. His death was linked to a hit ordered by inmates using a smuggled cell phone.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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Source Information
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act
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