Prison and Policing Reform Act

WRITTEN BY SECRETARY ARTHUR LAFFER (LC-CA) AND PRESIDENT KEVIN O’LEARY (LC-CA)
----100th Congress of the United States
COSPONSORS
Senator Chuck Robb (CDU-VA) Senator Blake Masters (CDU-AZ) Senator Kit Harrison (CDU-OH)
IN BRIEF
Reforms prisons to expand occupancy and expand private public partnership.
== Section 1. Name of Bill ==
This Bill will be known as the PRISON AND POLICING REFORM ACT for the duration of this bill, in all debates, and following enactment by the executive branch will carry the same title.
== Section 2. Findings and Definitions ==
FINDINGS
# Whereas, prison capacity is reaching high occupancy percentages 
# Whereas, public runnings of prisons is extremely expensive
# Whereas, opening up private runnings of prisons can lower costs
DEFINITIONS
# Private prison - prison facility licensed by the Department of Corrections but privately run
# Private drug treatment facility - a drug treatment facility license by the Department of Corrections but privately run 
== Section 3. Private Prison ==
# The US department of Corrections will be allocated 500 million to invest in and create contracts for private companies interesting in creating private prisons
# State governments may grant contracts to construct private prisons and drug treatment facilities to private companies
# The US Department of Corrections will be allocated 250 million to invest in and create contracts with companies for the construction of drug treatment facilities 
## Judges can sentence drug offenders to privately run drug treatment facilities after their prison time
# States may opt to send some of their prisoners to private prisons with an emphasis on less prisoner capacity per prison
== Section 4. Reintegration programs ==
# The Department of Corrections will create contracts with private businesses to find offenders work after leaving prison
## $50,000,000 shall be appropriated to the department of corrections to be utilized at their discretion to incentivize potential businesses to join contracts
== Section 5. Funding ==
TOTAL BILL IMPLEMENTATION COST - $800,000,000
* Section 3 - $750,000,000
* Section 4 - $50,000,000
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