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Hearing Hearing Date: December 13, 2017 10:00 am 2154 Rayburn HOB

Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons and Inmate Reentry

Subject
Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons and Inmate Reentry
Date
December 13, 2017
Time
10:00 am
Place
2154 Rayburn HOB
Full Committee on Oversight and Accountability

PURPOSE:

  • To examine Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policies related to BOP’s Release Preparation Program and use of Residential Reentry Centers, including reviews made by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). 
  • To discuss policy related to “The Fair Chance Act.”

BACKGROUND:

  • On June 28, 2017, the Committee held a hearing on efforts to reduce recidivism, to rehabilitate offenders, and to facilitate a successful transition from prison to community. 
  • In 2016, the DOJ OIG released reports regarding reentry policies and procedures that made a number of recommendations to improve the agency’s Residential Reentry Centers, home confinement, and release preparation programs. 
  • GAO also issued a report that BOP could better track data and information in order to measure the effects of placing inmates in RRCs or home confinement has on recidivism rates.
  • The Fair Chance Act, introduced by Ranking Member Cummings, requires that Office of Personnel Management (OPM) run a criminal record check only after a federal agency extends a conditional offer of employment. 
Witnesses and testimonies: The Honorable Mark S. Inch

Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons

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The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz

Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice

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Ms. Diana Maurer

Director, Homeland Security and Justice
U.S. Government Accountability Office

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Ms. Jennifer Doleac

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Director, Justice Tech Lab University of Virginia

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Cynthia W. Roseberry

Executive Director
Council for Court Excellence

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Glenn E. Martin

President and Founder
JustLeadershipUSA

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