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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 307
5	5	To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau of Prisons staff
6	6	in prisons, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY29, 2025
9	9	Mrs. B
10	10	LACKBURN(for herself and Mr. OSSOFF) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau
14	14	of Prisons staff in prisons, and for other purposes.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison Staff Safety 4
19	19	Enhancement Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
21	21	Congress finds the following: 7
22	22	(1) In 2023, the Office of the Inspector General 8
23	23	of the Department of Justice released a report titled 9
24	24	‘‘Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Ef-10
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27	27	•S 307 IS
28	28	forts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual As-1
29	29	sault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff’’ (in this 2
30	30	section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General re-3
31	31	port’’). 4
32	32	(2) The Inspector General report examined all 5
33	33	sanctioned inmate sexual incidents in the Bureau of 6
34	34	Prisons (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Bureau’’) 7
35	35	between fiscal years 2015 and 2021, and found that 8
36	36	inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual as-9
37	37	sault is widespread. 10
38	38	(3) The Inspector General report further found 11
39	39	that the Bureau does not collect adequate data on 12
40	40	inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual as-13
41	41	sault and that, because of the Bureau’s inadequate 14
42	42	data, the Bureau has not been able to identify the 15
43	43	full scope of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and 16
44	44	sexual assault. 17
45	45	(4) The Inspector General report further found 18
46	46	that the Bureau does not have systems to evaluate 19
47	47	the effectiveness of the Bureau’s strategies to miti-20
48	48	gate inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual 21
49	49	assault. 22
50	50	(5) The Inspector General report made rec-23
51	51	ommendations to the Bureau to address the failures 24
52	52	in the Bureau’s data collection and mitigation ef-25
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55	55	•S 307 IS
56	56	forts, but the Bureau has not implemented these 1
57	57	recommendations. 2
58	58	SEC. 3. ADDRESSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL 3
59	59	ASSAULT OF BUREAU OF PRISONS STAFF. 4
60	60	(a) D
61	61	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
62	62	(1) B
63	63	UREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 6
64	64	Bureau of Prisons. 7
65	65	(2) C
66	66	ORRECTIONAL OFFICER .—The term ‘‘cor-8
67	67	rectional officer’’ has the meaning given the term in 9
68	68	section 4051 of title 18, United States Code. 10
69	69	(3) I
70	70	NSPECTOR GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Inspec-11
71	71	tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the De-12
72	72	partment of Justice. 13
73	73	(4) I
74	74	NCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL .—The term 14
75	75	‘‘incarcerated individual’’ has the meaning given the 15
76	76	term ‘‘prisoner’’ in section 4051 of title 18, United 16
77	77	States Code. 17
78	78	(5) S
79	79	EXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as-18
80	80	sault’’ means an act described in subsection (b), (c), 19
81	81	or (d) of section 920 of title 10, United States Code. 20
82	82	(6) S
83	83	EXUAL HARASSMENT .—The term ‘‘sexual 21
84	84	harassment’’ means unwelcome sexual advances, re-22
85	85	quests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical 23
86	86	conduct of a sexual nature that explicitly or implic-24
87	87	itly affect an individual’s employment, unreasonably 25
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91	91	interfere with an individual’s work performance, or 1
92	92	create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work en-2
93	93	vironment. 3
94	94	(b) I
95	95	MPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY 4
96	96	B
97	97	UREAU.— 5
98	98	(1) I
99	99	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 6
100	100	the date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau shall 7
101	101	fully implement each recommendation in the report 8
102	102	released by the Inspector General in 2023 titled 9
103	103	‘‘Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Ef-10
104	104	forts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual As-11
105	105	sault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff’’. 12
106	106	(2) R
107	107	EPORT.—If the Bureau has not fully im-13
108	108	plemented each recommendation referenced in para-14
109	109	graph (1) by the deadline under that paragraph, the 15
110	110	Bureau shall submit a report to Congress by that 16
111	111	deadline that includes an explanation of the failure 17
112	112	to fully implement each recommendation and a de-18
113	113	tailed timeline for full implementation. 19
114	114	(c) D
115	115	ATAANALYSIS BYINSPECTORGENERAL.— 20
116	116	(1) I
117	117	N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 21
118	118	the date as of which the Bureau has fully imple-22
119	119	mented each recommendation referenced in sub-23
120	120	section (b)(1)— 24
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124	124	(A) the Inspector General shall request 1
125	125	from the Bureau, and the Bureau shall provide, 2
126	126	updated data on the number and prevalence of 3
127	127	sexual harassment and sexual assault incidents 4
128	128	perpetrated by incarcerated individuals against 5
129	129	a correctional officer or other employee of the 6
130	130	Bureau during fiscal years 2022 through 2025; 7
131	131	(B) the Inspector General shall conduct an 8
132	132	analysis of the data described in subparagraph 9
133	133	(A); and 10
134	134	(C) the Inspector General shall provide 11
135	135	Congress and the Attorney General with the 12
136	136	analysis conducted under subparagraph (B) and 13
137	137	any additional recommendations, including 14
138	138	analysis of whether the Bureau has taken suffi-15
139	139	cient steps to identify the prevalence and scope 16
140	140	of sexual harassment and sexual assault inci-17
141	141	dents perpetrated by incarcerated individuals 18
142	142	against a correctional officer or other employee 19
143	143	of the Bureau and to mitigate such incidents. 20
144	144	(2) A
145	145	NALYSIS OF PUNISHMENTS .—The analysis 21
146	146	required under paragraph (1)(C) shall include an 22
147	147	analysis of punishments for sexual harassment and 23
148	148	sexual assault as of the date of enactment of this 24
149	149	Act in facilities controlled by the Bureau of Prisons, 25
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153	153	including data on the use of such punishments dur-1
154	154	ing the 5-year period preceding the date of enact-2
155	155	ment of this Act. 3
156	156	(d) R
157	157	ULEMAKING BY ATTORNEYGENERAL.—Not 4
158	158	later than 1 year after receiving the analysis under sub-5
159	159	section (c), the Attorney General shall promulgate a rule 6
160	160	adopting national standards for prevention, reduction, and 7
161	161	punishment of sexual harassment and sexual assault per-8
162	162	petrated by an incarcerated individual against a correc-9
163	163	tional officer or other employee of the Bureau. 10
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