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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 930

To require States receiving prison construction grants to implement requirements for inmates to perform work and engage in educational activities,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 15 (legislative day, JUNE 5), 1995

Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. LOTT, Mr. BROWN, Mr. FAIRCLOTH, Mr.

GRASSLEY, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require States receiving prison construction grants to

implement requirements for inmates to perform work

and engage in educational activities, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison Construction

5 Block Grant Amendments Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILI2 TIES.

3 Section 20101(b) of the Violent Crime Control and

4 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13701(b)) is

5 amended—

6 (1) by striking paragraph (4);

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7),

8 (8), and (9) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and

9 (8), respectively;

10 (3) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by strik11 ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon;

12 (4) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated), by strik13 ing the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (5) by adding at the end the following new

15 paragraphs:

16 ‘‘(9) assurances that the State or States have

17 implemented a requirement that each inmate must

18 perform not less than 48 hours of work per week,

19 which shall not be waived except as required by—

20 ‘‘(A) security conditions;

21 ‘‘(B) disciplinary action; or

22 ‘‘(C) medical certification of a disability

23 that would make it impracticable for prison of24 ficials to arrange useful work for the inmate to

25 perform;
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1 ‘‘(10) assurances that the State or States have

2 implemented a requirement that each inmate shall

3 engage in not less than 16 hours of organized edu4 cational activities per week; and

5 ‘‘(11) assurances that the State or States re6 quire that prison officials shall not provide to any

7 inmate failing to meet the requirements of para8 graphs (9) and (10) privileges, including—

9 ‘‘(A) access to television;

10 ‘‘(B) access to bodybuilding or

11 weightlifting equipment;

12 ‘‘(C) access to recreational sports;

13 ‘‘(D) unmonitored telephone calls, except

14 when between the inmate and the immediate

15 family or attorney of the inmate;

16 ‘‘(E) instruction or training equipment for

17 boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, or other martial

18 art;

19 ‘‘(F) except for use during required work,

20 the use or possession of any electrical or elec21 tronic musical instrument;

22 ‘‘(G) an in-cell coffee pot, hot plate, or

23 heating element;
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1 ‘‘(H) food exceeding in quality or quantity

2 to that which is available to enlisted personnel

3 in the United States Army;

4 ‘‘(I) dress, hygiene, grooming, and appear5 ance other than those allowed as standard in

6 the prison; or

7 ‘‘(J) equipment or facilities for publishing

8 or broadcasting material not approved by prison

9 officials as being consistent with prison order

10 and discipline.’’.

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