118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5062 

AN ACT 

To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau 

of Prisons staff in prisons, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
2 

†S 5062 ES

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison Staff Safety 

3 Enhancement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) In 2023, the Office of the Inspector General 

7 of the Department of Justice released a report titled 

8 ‘‘Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Ef9 forts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual As10 sault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff’’ (in this 

11 section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General re12 port’’). 

13 (2) The Inspector General report examined all 

14 sanctioned inmate sexual incidents in the Bureau of 

15 Prisons (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Bureau’’) 

16 between fiscal years 2015 and 2021, and found that 

17 inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual as18 sault is widespread. 

19 (3) The Inspector General report further found 

20 that the Bureau does not collect adequate data on 

21 inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual as22 sault and that, because of the Bureau’s inadequate 

23 data, the Bureau has not been able to identify the 

24 full scope of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and 

25 sexual assault. 
3 

†S 5062 ES

1 (4) The Inspector General report further found 

2 that the Bureau does not have systems to evaluate 

3 the effectiveness of the Bureau’s strategies to miti4 gate inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual 

5 assault. 

6 (5) The Inspector General report made rec7 ommendations to the Bureau to address the failures 

8 in the Bureau’s data collection and mitigation ef9 forts, but the Bureau has not implemented these 

10 recommendations. 

11 SEC. 3. ADDRESSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL 

12 ASSAULT OF BUREAU OF PRISONS STAFF. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 

15 Bureau of Prisons. 

16 (2) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘‘cor17 rectional officer’’ has the meaning given the term in 

18 section 4051 of title 18, United States Code. 

19 (3) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Inspec20 tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the De21 partment of Justice. 

22 (4) INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

23 ‘‘incarcerated individual’’ has the meaning given the 

24 term ‘‘prisoner’’ in section 4051 of title 18, United 

25 States Code. 
4 

†S 5062 ES

1 (5) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as2 sault’’ means an act described in subsection (b), (c), 

3 or (d) of section 920 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 (6) SEXUAL HARASSMENT.—The term ‘‘sexual 

5 harassment’’ means unwelcome sexual advances, re6 quests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical 

7 conduct of a sexual nature that explicitly or implic8 itly affect an individual’s employment, unreasonably 

9 interfere with an individual’s work performance, or 

10 create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work en11 vironment. 

12 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY

13 BUREAU.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau shall 

16 fully implement each recommendation in the report 

17 released by the Inspector General in 2023 titled 

18 ‘‘Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Ef19 forts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual As20 sault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff’’. 

21 (2) REPORT.—If the Bureau has not fully im22 plemented each recommendation referenced in para23 graph (1) by the deadline under that paragraph, the 

24 Bureau shall submit a report to Congress by that 

25 deadline that includes an explanation of the failure 
5 

†S 5062 ES

1 to fully implement each recommendation and a de2 tailed timeline for full implementation. 

3 (c) DATA ANALYSIS BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date as of which the Bureau has fully imple6 mented each recommendation referenced in sub7 section (b)(1)— 

8 (A) the Inspector General shall request 

9 from the Bureau, and the Bureau shall provide, 

10 updated data on the number and prevalence of 

11 sexual harassment and sexual assault incidents 

12 perpetrated by incarcerated individuals against 

13 a correctional officer or other employee of the 

14 Bureau during fiscal years 2022 through 2025; 

15 (B) the Inspector General shall conduct an 

16 analysis of the data described in subparagraph 

17 (A); and 

18 (C) the Inspector General shall provide 

19 Congress and the Attorney General with the 

20 analysis conducted under subparagraph (B) and 

21 any additional recommendations, including 

22 analysis of whether the Bureau has taken suffi23 cient steps to identify the prevalence and scope 

24 of sexual harassment and sexual assault inci25 dents perpetrated by incarcerated individuals 
6 

†S 5062 ES

1 against a correctional officer or other employee 

2 of the Bureau and to mitigate such incidents. 

3 (2) ANALYSIS OF PUNISHMENTS.—The analysis 

4 required under paragraph (1)(C) shall include an 

5 analysis of punishments for sexual harassment and 

6 sexual assault as of the date of enactment of this 

7 Act in facilities controlled by the Bureau of Prisons, 

8 including data on the use of such punishments dur9 ing the 5-year period preceding the date of enact10 ment of this Act. 

11 (d) RULEMAKING BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not 

12 later than 1 year after receiving the analysis under sub13 section (c), the Attorney General shall promulgate a rule 

14 adopting national standards for prevention, reduction, and 

15 punishment of sexual harassment and sexual assault per16 petrated by an incarcerated individual against a correc17 tional officer or other employee of the Bureau. 

Passed the Senate December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5062 

AN ACT 

To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of 

purposes. Bureau of Prisons staff in prisons, and for other