‘‘(B) TIME
CONSTRAINTS.—The Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that the 
requirements set forth in the case plan are fea-
sible and achievable prior to the prisoner’s re-
lease eligibility date. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE TO PRISONER.—The Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall— 
‘‘(i) provide the prisoner with a writ-
ten copy of the case plan and require the 
prisoner’s case manager to explain the con-
ditions set forth in the case plan and the 
incentives for successful compliance with 
the case plan; and 
‘‘(ii) review the case plan with the 
prisoner once every 6 months after the 
prisoner receives the case plan to assess 
the prisoner’s progress toward successful 
compliance with the case plan and any 
need or eligibility for additional or dif-
ferent programs or activities. 
‘‘(3) INCENTIVE FOR PRISONER’S SUCCESSFUL 
COMPLIANCE WITH CASE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall, in addition to any other credit 
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or reduction a prisoner receives under any other 
provision of law, award earned time credit to-
ward service of the prisoner’s sentence of 10 
days for each calendar month of successful 
compliance with the prisoner’s case plan. A 
prisoner who is detained before sentencing shall 
earn credit for participating in programs or ac-
tivities during that period under this para-
graph. The total time credits that a prisoner 
may earn under this paragraph shall not exceed 
120 days for any year of imprisonment. A pris-
oner may receive credit at the end of each year 
of the sentence being served, beginning at the 
end of the first year of the sentence. For pur-
poses of this section, the first year of the sen-
tence shall begin on the date the sentence com-
menced under section 3585(a) less any credit 
for prior custody under section 3585(b). Any 
credits awarded under this section shall vest on 
the date the prisoner is released from custody. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—An eligible prisoner 
may receive under subparagraph (A) credit for 
successful compliance with case plan require-
ments for participating in programs or activities 
before the date of enactment of this Act if the 
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Director of the Bureau of Prisons determines 
that such programs or activities were the same 
or equivalent to those created pursuant to this 
section before the date of the enactment of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—No credit shall be 
awarded under this subparagraph to any pris-
oner serving a sentence of imprisonment for 
conviction for any of the following offenses: 
‘‘(i) A Federal conviction for homicide 
in which the prisoner was proven beyond a 
reasonable doubt to have had the intent to 
cause death and death resulted. 
‘‘(ii) A Federal crime of terrorism, as 
defined under section 2332b(g)(5). 
‘‘(iii) A Federal sex offense, as de-
scribed in section 111 of the Sex Offender 
Registration and Notification Act. 
‘‘(D) PARTICIPATION BY INELIGIBLE PRIS-
ONERS.—The Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that 
every prisoner participates in recidivism reduc-
tion programming or productive activities, in-
cluding a prisoner who is excluded from earning 
time credits. 
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‘‘(E) OTHER INCENTIVES.—The Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall develop policies 
to provide appropriate incentives for successful 
compliance with case plan requirements, in ad-
dition to the earned time credit described in 
subparagraph (A), including incentives for pris-
oners who are precluded from earning credit 
under subparagraph (C). Such incentives may 
include additional commissary, telephone, or 
visitation privileges for use with family, close 
friends, mentors, and religious leaders. 
‘‘(F) PENALTIES.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall amend its Inmate Dis-
cipline Program to reduce credits previously 
earned under subparagraph (A) for prisoners 
who violate the rules of the institution in which 
the prisoner is imprisoned, a recidivism reduc-
tion program, or a productive activity, which 
shall provide— 
‘‘(i) levels of violations and cor-
responding penalties, which may include 
loss of earned time credits; 
‘‘(ii) that any loss of earned time 
credits shall not apply to future earned 
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time credits that the prisoner may earn 
subsequent to a rule violation; and 
‘‘(iii) a procedure to restore earned 
time credits that were lost as a result of a 
rule violation based on the prisoner’s indi-
vidual progress after the date of the rule 
violation. 
‘‘(4) RECIDIVISM
REDUCTION
PROGRAMMING 
AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.—Beginning not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of the 
Sensenbrenner-Scott SAFE Justice Reinvestment 
Act of 2015, the Attorney General, shall, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, make available to 
all eligible prisoners appropriate recidivism reduction 
programming or productive activities, including pris-
on jobs. The Attorney General may provide such 
programming and activities by entering into partner-
ships with any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Nonprofit organizations, including 
faith-based and community-based organizations 
that provide recidivism reduction programming, 
on a paid or volunteer basis. 
‘‘(B) Educational institutions that will de-
liver academic classes in Bureau of Prisons fa-
cilities, on a paid or volunteer basis. 
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‘‘(C) Private entities that will, on a paid or 
volunteer basis— 
‘‘(i) deliver occupational and voca-
tional training and certifications in Bureau 
of Prisons facilities; 
‘‘(ii) provide equipment to facilitate 
occupational and vocational training or em-
ployment opportunities for prisoners; 
‘‘(iii) employ prisoners; or 
‘‘(iv) assist prisoners in prerelease 
custody or supervised release in finding 
employment. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) CASE PLAN.—The term ‘case plan’ means 
an individualized, documented accountability and be-
havior change strategy developed by the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons to prepare offenders for re-
lease and successful reentry into the community. 
The case plan shall focus on the offender’s 
criminogenic needs and risk factors that are associ-
ated with the risk of recidivism. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINOGENIC
NEEDS
AND
RISK
FAC-
TORS.—The term ‘criminogenic needs and risk fac-
tors’ means characteristics and behaviors that are 
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associated with the risk of committing crimes and 
that when addressed through evidence-based pro-
gramming are diminished. These factors include but 
are not limited to— 
‘‘(A) criminal thinking; 
‘‘(B) criminal associates; 
‘‘(C) antisocial behavior and personality; 
‘‘(D) dysfunctional family; 
‘‘(E) low levels of employment; 
‘‘(F) low levels of education; 
‘‘(G) substance abuse; 
‘‘(H) mental health issues or cognitive 
deficits; and 
‘‘(I) poor use of leisure time. 
‘‘(3) DYNAMIC RISK FACTOR.—The term ‘dy-
namic risk factor’ means a characteristic or at-
tribute that has been shown to be associated with 
risk of recidivism and that can be modified based on 
a prisoner’s actions, behaviors, or motives, including 
through completion of appropriate programming or 
other means in a prison setting. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PRISONER.—The term ‘eligible 
prisoner’ means— 
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‘‘(A) a prisoner serving a sentence of 
incarceration for conviction of a Federal 
offense; but 
‘‘(B) does not include any prisoner 
who the Bureau of Prisons determines— 
‘‘(i) would present a danger to 
himself or others if permitted to par-
ticipate in recidivism reduction pro-
gramming; or 
‘‘(ii) is serving a sentence of in-
carceration of less than 1 month. 
‘‘(5) PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘pro-
ductive activity’ means a group or individual activ-
ity, including holding a job as part of a prison work 
program, that is designed to allow prisoners whose 
criminogenic needs and risk factors do not warrant 
recidivism reduction programming. 
‘‘(6) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘recidivism reduction program’ means a group 
or individual activity that— 
‘‘(A) is of a kind that has been shown em-
pirically to reduce recidivism or promote suc-
cessful reentry; and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) substance abuse treatment; 
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‘‘(ii) classes on social learning and life 
skills; 
‘‘(iii) classes on morals or ethics; 
‘‘(iv) academic classes; 
‘‘(v) cognitive behavioral treatment; 
‘‘(vi) mentoring; 
‘‘(vii) occupational and vocational 
training; 
‘‘(viii) faith-based classes or services; 
and 
‘‘(ix) victim-impact classes or restora-
tive justice programs. 
‘‘(7) RECIDIVISM RISK.—The term ‘recidivism 
risk’ means the likelihood that a prisoner will com-
mit additional crimes for which the prisoner could be 
prosecuted in a Federal, State, or local court in the 
United States. 
‘‘(8) RECOVERY PROGRAMMING.—The term ‘re-
covery programming’ means a course of instruction 
or activities that has been demonstrated to reduce 
substance abuse or dependence among participants, 
or to promote recovery among individuals who have 
substance abuse issues. 
‘‘(9) RELEASE ELIGIBILITY DATE.—The term 
‘release eligibility date’ means the earliest date at 
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which the offender could be released after accruing 
the maximum number of earned time credits for 
which the offender is eligible. 
‘‘(10) SUCCESSFUL
COMPLIANCE.—The term 
‘successful compliance’ means that the person in 
charge of the Bureau of Prisons penal or correc-
tional facility or that person’s designee has deter-
mined that the eligible prisoner, to the extent prac-
ticable, and excusing any medical or court-related 
absences satisfied the following requirements for not 
less than 30 days: 
‘‘(A) Regularly attended and actively par-
ticipated in appropriate recidivism reduction 
programs or productive activities, as set forth 
in the eligible prisoner’s case plan. 
‘‘(B) Did not regularly engage in disrup-
tive activity that seriously undermined the ad-
ministration of a recidivism reduction program 
or productive activity. 
‘‘(11) EARNED
TIME
CREDITS.—The term 
‘earned time credits’ means credit toward service of 
the prisoner’s sentence as described in subsection 
(f)(3).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter C of chapter 229 of title 
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18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 3621 the following: 
‘‘3621A. Postsentencing risk and needs assessment system.’’. 
Subtitle B—Training and Oversight 
of Mental Health and Substance 
Abuse Treatment 
SEC. 511. MENTAL HEALTH AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall, in consultation with the Substance Abuse and Men-
tal Health Services Administration, and subject to the 
availability of appropriations, provide to criminal justice 
agencies specialized and comprehensive training in proce-
dures to de-escalate encounters between law enforcement 
or corrections officers and civilians, inmates, or detainees, 
and to identify and appropriately respond to incidents in 
which the unique needs of individuals who have a mental 
illness or cognitive deficit are involved. 
(b) DEFINITION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES.— 
In this section the term ‘‘criminal justice agencies’’ in-
clude— 
(1) Federal corrections agencies and any con-
tractors carrying out corrections functions; 
(2) Federal law enforcement agencies, including 
Federal prosecutors; and 
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