‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION
WITH
STAKE-
HOLDERS.—In 
developing 
the 
rec-
ommendations described in clause (i), the 
Inspector General may consult with stake-
holders, including employee representative 
organizations. 
‘‘(E) RISK
SCORE.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the Fed-
eral Prison Oversight Act, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall establish methodology and protocols 
for determining the combined risk score of a 
covered facility, which— 
‘‘(i) shall be delivered to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) may be based on— 
‘‘(I) frequency and duration of 
lockdowns; 
‘‘(II) availability of program-
ming; 
‘‘(III) staffing levels; 
‘‘(IV) access to adequate physical 
and mental health resources; 
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‘‘(V) incidences of physical and 
sexual assault or neglect; 
‘‘(VI) opportunity to maintain 
family ties through phone calls, video 
calls, mail, email, and visitation; 
‘‘(VII) adequacy of the nutrition 
provided; 
‘‘(VIII) amount or frequency of 
staff discipline cases; 
‘‘(IX) access of incarcerated peo-
ple to— 
‘‘(aa) legal counsel, includ-
ing confidential meetings and 
communications; 
‘‘(bb) discovery and other 
case-related legal materials; and 
‘‘(cc) the law library at the 
covered facility; and 
‘‘(X) other factors as determined 
by the Inspector General. 
‘‘(F) BUREAU RESPONSE TO REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the Inspector 
General issues a report under subpara-
graph (D), the Bureau shall respond in 
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writing to the inspection report, which 
shall include a corrective action plan. 
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each 
response and action plan described in 
clause (i) shall be made available to the 
public on the website of the Inspector Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(iii) COMPLIANCE WITH CORRECTIVE 
ACTION
PLAN.—The Inspector General 
may conduct additional inspections or in-
vestigations, announced or unannounced, 
to monitor the compliance of the Bureau 
with a corrective action plan described in 
clause (i). 
‘‘(3) OMBUDSMAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the Federal Pris-
on Oversight Act, the Attorney General shall es-
tablish in the Department of Justice an Om-
budsman who may— 
‘‘(i) receive a complaint from an in-
carcerated person, a family member, a rep-
resentative of an incarcerated person, staff, 
or others regarding issues that may ad-
versely affect the health, safety, welfare, or 
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rights of incarcerated people or staff, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) abuse or neglect; 
‘‘(II) the conditions of confine-
ment; 
‘‘(III) 
working 
conditions 
of 
staff; 
‘‘(IV) decisions, administrative 
actions, or guidance of the Bureau, 
including those relating to prison 
staffing; 
‘‘(V) inaction or omissions by the 
Bureau, including failure to consider 
or respond to complaints or grievances 
by 
incarcerated 
people 
or 
staff 
promptly or appropriately; 
‘‘(VI) policies, rules, or proce-
dures of the Bureau, including gross 
mismanagement; and 
‘‘(VII) alleged violations of non- 
criminal law by staff or incarcerated 
people that may adversely affect the 
health, safety, welfare, or rights of 
any person; 
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‘‘(ii) refer a complainant and others 
to appropriate resources or Federal agen-
cies; 
‘‘(iii) make inquiries and recommend 
actions to appropriate entities on behalf of 
a complainant, the Ombudsman, or others; 
and 
‘‘(iv) decline to investigate or take any 
action with respect to any complaint and, 
in any case in which the Ombudsman de-
clines to investigate or take any action, 
shall notify the complainant in writing of 
the decision not to investigate or take any 
action and the reasons for the decision. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY.—The 
Ombudsman— 
‘‘(i) may not investigate— 
‘‘(I) any complaints relating to 
the underlying criminal conviction of 
an incarcerated person; 
‘‘(II) a complaint from staff that 
relates to the employment or contrac-
tual relationship of the staff member 
with the Bureau, unless the complaint 
is related to the health, safety, wel-
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fare, working conditions, gross mis-
management of a covered facility, or 
rehabilitation of incarcerated people; 
or 
‘‘(III) any allegation of criminal 
or administrative misconduct, as de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2), and shall 
refer any matter covered by sub-
section (b)(2) to the Inspector Gen-
eral, who may, at the discretion of In-
spector General, refer such allegations 
back to the Ombudsman or the inter-
nal affairs office of the appropriate 
component of the Department of Jus-
tice; and 
‘‘(ii) may not levy any fees for the 
submission or investigation of complaints. 
‘‘(C) DECISION ON THE MERITS OF A COM-
PLAINT.—At the conclusion of an investigation 
of a complaint, the Ombudsman shall— 
‘‘(i) render a decision on the merits of 
each complaint; 
‘‘(ii) communicate the decision to the 
complainant, if any, and to the Bureau; 
and 
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