I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community 
in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve 
reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2007 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COBLE, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. JACK-
SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. 
CLARKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders 
into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning 
and implementation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Chance Act 
of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Preven-
tion’’ or the ‘‘Second Chance Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Submission of reports to Congress. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME 
CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Existing Programs 
Sec. 101. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry 
demonstration projects. 
Sec. 102. Improvement of the residential substance abuse treatment for State 
offenders program. 
Subtitle B—New and Innovative Programs to Improve Offender Reentry 
Services 
Sec. 111. State and local reentry courts. 
Sec. 112. Grants for comprehensive and continuous offender reentry task 
forces. 
Sec. 113. Prosecution drug treatment alternative to prison programs. 
Sec. 114. Grants for family substance abuse treatment alternatives to incarcer-
ation. 
Sec. 115. Prison-based family treatment programs for incarcerated parents of 
minor children. 
Sec. 116. Grant programs relating to educational methods at prisons, jails, and 
juvenile facilities. 
Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments 
Sec. 121. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant funding for dem-
onstration project activities. 
TITLE II—ENHANCED DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTORING 
GRANT PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 
Sec. 201. Grants for demonstration programs to reduce drug use and recidi-
vism in long-term substance abusers. 
Sec. 202. Grants for demonstration programs by local partnerships to reduce 
illegal drug demand by providing drug treatment. 
Sec. 203. Offender drug treatment incentive grants. 
Sec. 204. Ensuring availability and delivery of new pharmacological drug treat-
ment services. 
Sec. 205. Study of effectiveness of depot naltrexone for heroin addiction. 
Subtitle B—Job Training 
Sec. 211. Technology careers training demonstration grants. 
Subtitle C—Mentoring 
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Sec. 221. Mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations. 
Sec. 222. Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts. 
Subtitle D—Administration of Justice Reforms 
CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL OFFENDER REENTRY 
Sec. 231. Federal prisoner reentry program. 
Sec. 232. Identification and release assistance for Federal prisoners. 
Sec. 233. Improved reentry procedures for Federal prisoners. 
Sec. 234. Duties of the Bureau of Prisons. 
Sec. 235. Authorization of appropriations for Bureau of Prisons. 
Sec. 236. Encouragement of employment of former prisoners. 
Sec. 237. Elderly nonviolent offender pilot program. 
CHAPTER 2—REENTRY RESEARCH 
Sec. 241. Offender reentry research. 
Sec. 242. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations 
and revocations. 
Sec. 243. Addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents. 
CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS TO EXISTING LAW 
Sec. 251. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in community corrections. 
Sec. 252. Residential drug abuse program in Federal prisons. 
Sec. 253. Medical care for prisoners. 
Sec. 254. Contracting for services for post-conviction supervision offenders. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2002, over 7,000,000 people were incar-
cerated in Federal, State, or local prisons or jails, or 
were under parole or court supervision. Nearly 
650,000 people are released from Federal and State 
incarceration into communities nationwide each year. 
(2) There are over 3,200 jails throughout the 
United States, the vast majority of which are oper-
ated by county governments. Each year, these jails 
will release more than 10,000,000 people back into 
the community. 
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(3) Nearly 2⁄3 of released State prisoners are 
expected to be rearrested for a felony or serious mis-
demeanor within 3 years after release. 
(4) According to the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, expenditures on corrections alone increased 
from $9,000,000,000 in 1982 to $59,600,000,000 in 
2002. These figures do not include the cost of arrest 
and prosecution, nor do they take into account the 
cost to victims. 
(5) The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry 
Initiative provided $139,000,000 in funding for 
State governments to develop and implement edu-
cation, job training, mental health treatment, and 
substance abuse treatment for serious and violent of-
fenders. This Act seeks to build upon the innovative 
and successful State reentry programs developed 
under the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Ini-
tiative, which terminated after fiscal year 2005. 
(6) Between 1991 and 1999, the number of 
children with a parent in a Federal or State correc-
tional facility increased by more than 100 percent, 
from 
approximately 
900,000 
to 
approximately 
2,000,000. According to the Bureau of Prisons, 
there is evidence to suggest that inmates who are 
connected to their children and families are more 
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likely to avoid negative incidents and have reduced 
sentences. 
(7) Released prisoners cite family support as 
the most important factor in helping them stay out 
of prison. Research suggests that families are an 
often underutilized resource in the reentry process. 
(8) Approximately 100,000 juveniles (ages 17 
years and under) leave juvenile correctional facilities, 
State prison, or Federal prison each year. Juveniles 
released from secure confinement still have their 
likely prime crime years ahead of them. Juveniles re-
leased from secure confinement have a recidivism 
rate ranging from 55 to 75 percent. The chances 
that young people will successfully transition into so-
ciety improve with effective reentry and aftercare 
programs. 
(9) Studies have shown that between 15 percent 
and 27 percent of prisoners expect to go to homeless 
shelters upon release from prison. 
(10) Fifty-seven percent of Federal and 70 per-
cent of State inmates used drugs regularly before 
going to prison, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
report titled ‘‘Trends in State Parole, 1990–2000’’ 
estimates the use of drugs or alcohol around the 
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time of the offense that resulted in the incarceration 
of the inmate at as high as 84 percent. 
(11) Family-based treatment programs have 
proven results for serving the special populations of 
female offenders and substance abusers with chil-
dren. An evaluation by the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration of family- 
based treatment for substance-abusing mothers and 
children found that 6 months after such treatment, 
60 percent of the mothers remained alcohol and 
drug free, and drug-related offenses declined from 
28 percent to 7 percent. Additionally, a 2003 evalua-
tion of residential family-based treatment programs 
revealed that 60 percent of mothers remained clean 
and sober 6 months after treatment, criminal arrests 
declined by 43 percent, and 88 percent of the chil-
dren treated in the program with their mothers re-
mained stabilized. 
(12) A Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis in-
dicated that only 33 percent of Federal inmates and 
36 percent of State inmates had participated in resi-
dential in-patient treatment programs for alcohol 
and drug abuse 12 months before their release. Fur-
ther, over 1⁄3 of all jail inmates have some physical 
or mental disability and 25 percent of jail inmates 
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have been treated at some time for a mental or emo-
tional problem. 
(13) State Substance Abuse Agency Directors, 
also known as Single State Authorities (SSAs), man-
age the Nation’s publicly funded substance abuse 
prevention and treatment systems. SSAs are respon-
sible for planning and implementing State-wide sys-
tems of care that provide clinically appropriate sub-
stance abuse services. Given the high rate of sub-
stance use disorders among offenders reentering our 
communities, successful reentry programs require 
close interaction and collaboration with SSAs when 
planning, implementing, and evaluating reentry pro-
grams. 
(14) According to the National Institute of Lit-
eracy, 70 percent of all prisoners function at the 
lowest literacy levels. 
(15) Less than 32 percent of State prison in-
mates have a high school diploma or a higher level 
of education, compared to 82 percent of the general 
population. 
(16) Approximately 38 percent of inmates who 
completed 11 years or less of school were not work-
ing before entry into prison. 
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(17) The percentage of State prisoners partici-
pating in educational programs decreased by more 
than 8 percent between 1991 and 1997, despite 
growing evidence of how educational programming 
while incarcerated reduces recidivism. 
(18) The National Institute of Justice has 
found that 1 year after release, up to 60 percent of 
former inmates are not employed. 
(19) Transitional jobs programs have proven to 
help people with criminal records to successfully re-
turn to the workplace and to the community, and 
therefore can reduce recidivism. 
SEC. 4. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than January 31 of each year, the Attorney 
General shall submit all reports received under this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act during the pre-
ceding year to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
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TITLE 
I—AMENDMENTS 
RE-
LATED 
TO 
THE 
OMNIBUS 
CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE 
STREETS ACT OF 1968 
Subtitle A—Improvements to 
Existing Programs 
SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE OF-
FENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
(a) ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2976(b) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797w(b)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 
through (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) establishing or improving the system or 
systems under which— 
‘‘(A) correctional agencies and other crimi-
nal and juvenile justice agencies of the grant 
recipient develop and carry out plans to facili-
tate the reentry into the community of each of-
fender in the custody of the jurisdiction in-
volved; 
‘‘(B) the supervision and services provided 
to offenders in the custody of the jurisdiction 
involved are coordinated with the supervision 
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and services provided to offenders after reentry 
into the community, including coordination with 
Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re-
entry Task Forces under section 2902 or with 
similar planning groups; 
‘‘(C) the efforts of various public and pri-
vate entities to provide supervision and services 
to offenders after reentry into the community, 
and to family members of such offenders, are 
coordinated; and 
‘‘(D) offenders awaiting reentry into the 
community are provided with documents (such 
as identification papers, referrals to services, 
medical prescriptions, job training certificates, 
apprenticeship papers, and information on ob-
taining public assistance) useful in achieving a 
successful transition from prison, jail, or a juve-
nile facility; 
‘‘(2) carrying out programs and initiatives by 
units of local government to strengthen reentry serv-
ices for individuals released from local jails, includ-
ing coordination with Comprehensive and Contin-
uous Offender Reentry Task Forces under section 
2902 or with similar planning groups; 
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‘‘(3) assessing the literacy, educational, and vo-
cational needs of offenders in custody and identi-
fying and providing services appropriate to meet 
those needs, including follow-up assessments and 
long-term services; 
‘‘(4) facilitating collaboration among corrections 
(including community corrections), technical schools, 
community colleges, businesses, nonprofit, and the 
workforce development and employment service sec-
tors— 
‘‘(A) to promote, where appropriate, the 
employment of people released from prison, jail, 
or a juvenile facility through efforts such as 
educating employers about existing financial in-
centives; 
‘‘(B) to facilitate the creation of job oppor-
tunities, including transitional jobs and time- 
limited subsidized work experience (where ap-
propriate); 
‘‘(C) to connect offenders to employment 
(including supportive employment and employ-
ment services before their release to the com-
munity), provide work supports (including 
transportation and retention services), as ap-
propriate, and identify labor market needs to 
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ensure that education and training are appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(D) to address obstacles to employment 
that are not directly connected to the offense 
committed and the risk that the offender pre-
sents to the community and provide case man-
agement services as necessary to prepare of-
fenders for jobs that offer the potential for ad-
vancement and growth; 
‘‘(5) providing offenders with education, job 
training, responsible parenting and healthy relation-
ship skills training (designed specifically to address 
the needs of fathers and mothers in or transitioning 
from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility), English lit-
eracy education, work experience programs, self-re-
spect and life skills training, and other skills useful 
in achieving a successful transition from prison, jail, 
or a juvenile facility; 
‘‘(6) providing structured post-release housing 
and transitional housing (including group homes for 
recovering substance abusers (with appropriate safe-
guards that may include single-gender housing)) 
through which offenders are provided supervision 
and services immediately following reentry into the 
community; 
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‘‘(7) assisting offenders in securing permanent 
housing upon release or following a stay in transi-
tional housing; 
‘‘(8) providing substance abuse treatment and 
services, including providing a full continuum of sub-
stance abuse treatment services that encompasses 
outpatient services, comprehensive residential serv-
ices and recovery, and recovery home services to of-
fenders reentering the community from prison, jail, 
or a juvenile facility; 
‘‘(9) expanding family-based drug treatment 
centers that offer family-based comprehensive treat-
ment services for parents and their children as a 
complete family unit, as appropriate to the safety, 
security, and well-being of the family; 
‘‘(10) encouraging collaboration among juvenile 
and adult corrections, community corrections, and 
community health centers to allow access to afford-
able and quality primary health care for offenders 
during the period of transition from prison, jail, or 
a juvenile facility; 
‘‘(11) providing or facilitating health care serv-
ices to offenders (including substance abuse screen-
ing, treatment, and aftercare, infectious disease 
screening and treatment, and screening, assessment, 
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and aftercare for mental health services) to protect 
the communities in which offenders will live; 
‘‘(12) enabling prison, jail, or juvenile facility 
mentors of offenders to remain in contact with those 
offenders (including through the use of all available 
technology) while in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility 
and after reentry into the community, and encour-
aging the involvement of prison, jail, or a juvenile 
facility mentors in the reentry process; 
‘‘(13) systems under which family members of 
offenders are involved in facilitating the successful 
reentry of those offenders into the community (as 
appropriate to the safety, security, and well-being of 
the family), including removing obstacles to the 
maintenance of family relationships while the of-
fender is in custody, strengthening the family’s ca-
pacity to function as a stable living situation during 
reentry, and involving family members in the plan-
ning and implementation of the reentry process; 
‘‘(14) creating, developing, or enhancing of-
fender and family assessments, curricula, policies, 
procedures, or programs (including mentoring pro-
grams)— 
‘‘(A) to help offenders with a history or 
identified risk of domestic violence, dating vio-
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lence, sexual assault, or stalking reconnect with 
their families and communities (as appropriate 
to the safety, security, and well-being of the 
family), and become non-abusive parents or 
partners; and 
‘‘(B) under which particular attention is 
paid to the safety of children affected and the 
confidentiality concerns of victims, and efforts 
are coordinated with victim service providers; 
‘‘(15) maintaining the parent-child relationship, 
as appropriate to the safety, security, and well-being 
of the child as determined by the relevant correc-
tions and child protective services agencies, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) implementing programs in correc-
tional agencies to include the collection of infor-
mation regarding any dependent children of an 
offender as part of intake procedures, including 
the number, age, and location or jurisdiction of 
such children; 
‘‘(B) connecting those identified children 
with services as appropriate and needed; 
‘‘(C) carrying out programs (including 
mentoring) that support children of incarcer-
ated parents, including those in foster care and 
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those cared for by grandparents or other rel-
atives (which is commonly referred to as kin-
ship care); 
‘‘(D) developing programs and activities 
(including mentoring) that support parent-child 
relationships, as appropriate to the safety, secu-
rity, and well-being of the family, including 
technology to promote the parent-child relation-
ship and to facilitate participation in parent- 
teacher conferences, books on tape programs, 
family days, and visitation areas for children 
while visiting an incarcerated parent; 
‘‘(E) helping incarcerated parents to learn 
responsible parenting and healthy relationship 
skills; 
‘‘(F) addressing visitation obstacles to chil-
dren of an incarcerated parent, such as the lo-
cation of facilities in remote areas, telephone 
costs, mail restrictions, and visitation policies; 
and 
‘‘(G) identifying and addressing obstacles 
to collaborating with child welfare agencies in 
the provision of services jointly to offenders in 
custody and to the children of such offenders; 
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‘‘(16) carrying out programs for the entire fam-
ily unit, including the coordination of service delivery 
across agencies; 
‘‘(17) facilitating and encouraging timely and 
complete payment of restitution and fines by offend-
ers to victims and the community; 
‘‘(18) providing services as necessary to victims 
upon release of offenders, including security services 
and counseling, and facilitating the inclusion of vic-
tims, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry process; 
‘‘(19) establishing or expanding the use of re-
entry courts and other programs to— 
‘‘(A) monitor offenders returning to the 
community; 
‘‘(B) provide returning offenders with— 
‘‘(i) drug and alcohol testing and 
treatment; and 
‘‘(ii) mental and medical health as-
sessment and services; 
‘‘(C) facilitate restorative justice practices 
and convene family or community impact pan-
els, family impact educational classes, victim 
impact panels, or victim impact educational 
classes; 
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‘‘(D) provide and coordinate the delivery of 
other community services to offenders, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) employment training; 
‘‘(ii) education; 
‘‘(iii) housing assistance; 
‘‘(iv) children and family support, to 
include responsible parenting and healthy 
relationship skill training designed specifi-
cally to address the needs of incarcerated 
and transitioning fathers and mothers; 
‘‘(v) conflict resolution skills training; 
‘‘(vi) family violence intervention pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(vii) other appropriate services; and 
‘‘(E) establish and implement graduated 
sanctions and incentives; 
‘‘(20) developing a case management reentry 
program that— 
‘‘(A) provides services to eligible veterans, 
as defined by the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(B) provides for a reentry service network 
solely for such eligible veterans that coordinates 
community services and veterans services for of-
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