Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act

Bill: 119-s-736
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Smuggling and trafficking

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 736 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2025 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Ossoff , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act . 2. Prohibited provision of a phone Section 1791(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(1), imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, if the object is specified in subsection (d)(1)(F) of this section; ; and (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by inserting , in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(2), before (d)(1)(F) . 3. Review of policies Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall— (1) conduct a review of the policies of the Bureau of Prisons pertaining to inmates who make, possess, obtain, or attempt to make or obtain a prohibited object, as defined in section 1791(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code; and (2) update those policies as needed to improve protections for incarcerated individuals and staff.