SEC. 403. MONITORING OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 
BETWEEN PRISONER AND ATTORNEY. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON MONITORING.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall modify any program or system 
through which a prisoner (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 106) sends or receives an electronic communication 
(as such term is defined in section 2510 of title 18, United 
States Code, and including the Trust Fund Limited In-
mate Computer System) to exclude from monitoring the 
contents (as such term is defined in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code) of an electronic communication 
between a prisoner in a Bureau of Prisons facility and 
his or her attorney or other legal representative. 
(b) RETENTION OF CONTENTS.—The modification 
required under subsection (a) may allow for the retention 
of the contents of the electronic communications described 
in subsection (a). 
(c) EXCEPTION.—If a court of competent jurisdiction 
determines that there is sufficient evidence to support a 
reasonable belief of the Government that the information 
contained in an electronic communication described in 
subsection (a) was for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud 
or crime, an in camera review of the contents of the com-
munication may be conducted. 
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SEC. 404. PILOT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of Prisons shall es-
tablish each of the following pilot programs for 2 years, 
in at least 10 facilities: 
(1) MENTORSHIP FOR YOUTH.—A program to 
pair youth with volunteers from faith-based or com-
munity organizations, which may include formerly 
incarcerated offenders, that have relevant experience 
or expertise in mentoring, and a willingness to serve 
as a mentor in such a capacity. 
(2) SERVICE
TO
ABANDONED, RESCUED, OR 
OTHERWISE VULNERABLE ANIMALS.—A program to 
equip prisoners with the skills to provide training 
and therapy to animals seized by Federal law en-
forcement under asset forfeiture authority and to or-
ganizations that provide shelter and similar services 
to abandoned, rescued, or otherwise vulnerable ani-
mals. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one 
year after the conclusion of the pilot programs, the Attor-
ney General shall report to Congress on the results of the 
pilot programs under this section. Such report shall in-
clude cost savings, numbers of participants, and informa-
tion about recidivism rates among participants. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this title, the term ‘‘youth’’ 
means a prisoner (as such term is defined in section 106) 
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who was 21 years of age or younger at the time of the 
commission or alleged commission of the criminal offense 
for which the individual is being prosecuted or serving a 
term of imprisonment, as the case may be. 
SEC. 405. ENSURING SUPERVISION OF RELEASED SEXU-
ALLY DANGEROUS PERSONS. 
(a) PROBATION OFFICERS.—Section 3603 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in paragraph (8)(A) by 
striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 4248’’. 
(b) PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICERS.—Section 3154 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended in paragraph 
(12)(A) by striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 
4248’’. 
SEC. 406. DATA COLLECTION. 
(a) NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS PROGRAM.— 
Beginning not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, pursuant 
to the authority under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3732), 
the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, with in-
formation that shall be provided by the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons, shall include in the National Prisoner 
Statistics Program the following: 
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(1) The number of prisoners (as such term is 
defined in section 106 of this Act) who are veterans 
of the Armed Forces of the United States. 
(2) The number of prisoners who have been 
placed in solitary confinement at any time during 
the previous year. 
(3) The number of female prisoners known by 
the Bureau of Prisons to be pregnant, as well as the 
outcomes of such pregnancies, including information 
on pregnancies that result in live-birth, still-birth, 
miscarriage, abortion, ectopic pregnancy, maternal 
death, neonatal death, and preterm birth. 
(4) The numbers of prisoners who volunteered 
to participate in a substance abuse treatment pro-
gram, and the number of prisoners who have partici-
pated in such a program. 
(5) The number of prisoners provided metha-
done or buprenorphine while in custody in order to 
manage withdrawal or to continually treat substance 
dependence and abuse. 
(6) The number of prisoners who were receiving 
methadone or buprenorphine therapy prior to the 
commencement of their term of imprisonment. 
(7) The number of prisoners who are the parent 
or guardian of a minor child. 
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(8) The numbers of prisoners who are single, 
married, or otherwise in a committed relationship. 
(9) The number of prisoners who have not 
achieved a GED, high school diploma, or equivalent 
prior to entering prison. 
(10) The number of prisoners who, during the 
previous year, received their GED or other equiva-
lent certificate while incarcerated. 
(11) The numbers of prisoners for whom 
English is a second language. 
(12) The number of incidents, during the pre-
vious year, in which restraints were used on a female 
prisoner during pregnancy, labor, or postpartum re-
covery, as well as information relating to the type of 
restraints used, and the circumstances under which 
each incident occurred. 
(13) The vacancy rate for medical and health 
care staff positions, and average length of such a va-
cancy. 
(14) The number of facilities that operated, at 
any time during the previous year, without at least 
one clinical nurse, certified paramedic, or licensed 
physician on-site. 
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(15) The number of facilities that during the 
previous year were accredited by the American Cor-
rectional Association. 
(16) The number and type of recidivism reduc-
tion partnerships described in section 3621(h)(5) of 
title 18, United States Code, entered into by each 
facility. 
(17) The number of facilities with remote learn-
ing capabilities. 
(18) The number of facilities that offer pris-
oners video conferencing. 
(19) Any changes in costs related to legal phone 
calls and visits following implementation of section 
403 of this Act. 
(20) The number of aliens in prison during the 
previous year. 
(b) REPORT TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEES.—Begin-
ning not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter for a period of 
7 years, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
shall submit a report containing the information described 
in paragraphs (1) through (20) of subsection (a) to the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate. 
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SEC. 407. FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE REAU-
THORIZATION; MODIFICATION OF IMPOSED 
TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. 
(a) FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.— 
Section 231 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17541) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting after 
‘‘the Attorney General may’’ the following: ‘‘, 
upon written request from the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons or an eligible elderly of-
fender,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘carried 
out during fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘carried out during fiscal years 2018 
through 2022’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘65 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘60 years’’; and 
(ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(ii) who is serving a term of impris-
onment that is not based on a conviction 
for 
an 
offense 
described 
in 
section 
102(e)(2)(C) of the Prison Reform and Re-
demption Act, and has served not less than 
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2⁄3 of the term of imprisonment to which 
the offender was sentenced;’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (h); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(h); and 
(4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 
through 2022’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF IMPOSED TERM OF IMPRISON-
MENT.—Section 3582(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert-
ing after ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Prisons’’ the 
following: ‘‘or, if the Director does not make such a 
motion 30 days after receiving a request to make 
such a motion from the defendant, of the defend-
ant’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting after ‘‘the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Prisons’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
the court in the case that the court is considering 
a motion of the defendant’’. 
SEC. 408. RELEASE COORDINATION. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF RELEASE PREPARATION COOR-
DINATOR.—The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
designate one officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons 
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at each facility that houses prisoners, as the release prepa-
ration coordinator, who shall be responsible for deter-
mining the general release needs of the prisoner popu-
lation and developing and implementing an institution re-
lease preparation program to address those needs. 
(b) RELEASE PLAN.—Each prisoner shall develop a 
comprehensive release plan in conjunction with an institu-
tion release preparation program, with individualized as-
sistance from an officer or employee of the Bureau of Pris-
ons who is dedicated to and experienced in release prepa-
ration, including employment and housing counseling. 
Æ 
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