Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3543
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015

 
This bill requires federal, state, and local governments and their employees to directly operate and perform core services at adult prisons and detention centers. 
 
The bill reestablishes parole for eligible federal prisoners sentenced on or after January 1, 2017. (The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 eliminated parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987.) 
 
It authorizes the United States Parole Commission to: (1) grant or deny a parole application or recommendation; (2) impose conditions on, modify, or revoke parole; and (3) maintain supervision of paroled offenders. 
 
Financial service providers at prisons and detention centers must impose reasonable and proportional fees and charges for money transfer services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must establish standards to assess such fees or charges.
 
The bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to cap prison phone call rates and connection charges, require telecommunications providers to offer collect and debit account call services, restrict commission payments and ancillary service charges, and require correctional facility administrators to allow more than one telecommunications provider. 
 
It eliminates the provision that requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to maintain at least 34,000 detention beds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must establish nationwide alternatives to detention programs and determine detention bed capacity based solely on detention needs. 
 
DHS must conduct annual inspections and routine oversight of detention facilities.
 
The bill prohibits family detention and requires DHS to establish alternatives to detention programs for detained family units. Also, it prohibits separation of a family to detain a family member, except DHS may detain an alien parent who is dangerous to the community and inadmissible on terrorism-related grounds.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House