To establish Federal policies and procedures to notify the next-of-kin or other emergency contact upon the death, or serious illness or serious injury, of an individual in Federal custody, to provide model policies for States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes to implement and enforce similar policies and procedures, and for other purposes.
Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2025
Exoneration: mental health services.
Jails: confidential calls.
Diversion: mental disorders.
Counsel representing indigent defendants: payment.
Corrections: communications.
County jail: available social services.