Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2026

Key Points

• Requires the Bureau of Prisons to send Congress a yearly report on damage from major disasters at federal prisons and contract prisons.
• The report must cover real-life impacts on people inside and staff: injuries/deaths, access to medical care, food and water, hygiene supplies, and disability accommodations.
• It also must explain decisions about early release or home confinement during disasters, and how legal visits and family visits were handled if they were limited.
• Adds a required corrective action plan with a timeline, plus recommendations Congress could pass to improve disaster preparedness in prisons.
• Expands the advisory board for the National Institute of Corrections and requires at least one public hearing on emergency planning and recovery.