Sec. 8. Access to legal counsel
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the head of each contract detention facility, and any senior official acting in, or performing the duties of, any such position shall submit a report to the congressional committees referred to in section 4(c) that identifies, for each detention facility for which he or she is responsible— the efforts made to ensure that each noncitizen detained in such facility has access to legal counsel; if any detained noncitizen does not have access to legal counsel, the changes being made to ensure universal access to legal counsel; the number of telephones are available to detainees; the number of detainees who have used the free telephone call minutes available to them; the number of detainees who have access to video conference technology with their lawyers and the number of detainees have used video conference technology to communicate with their lawyers; the number of computers or internet-enabled portable electronic devices available to detainees; and the process for notifying the public when the facility is locked down because of an outbreak, including the accommodations made during such lockdowns to provide detainees with increased access to telephones or videoconferencing.