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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 719 (Introduced in Senate) — To reform the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in the Bureau of Prisons, and for ot... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Director of Bureau of Prisons

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Section 4041 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by inserting
(a)before the In general .— The Bureau of Prisons shall be ; and by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall— meet regularly with the Ombudsman appointed under section 4051(e) to identify how the Bureau of Prisons can address reported civil rights violations and reduce the use of solitary confinement and correct problems in the solitary confinement policies and practices of the Bureau; conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of each referral from the Ombudsman under section 4051(e)(5)(D), after each such investigation take appropriate disciplinary action against any Bureau of Prisons employee who is found to have engaged in misconduct or to have violated Bureau of Prisons policy, and notify the Ombudsman of the outcome of each such investigation; and establish procedures requiring a formal response by the Bureau of Prisons to any recommendation of the Ombudsman in the annual report submitted under section 4051(e)(6) not later than 90 days after the date on which the report is submitted to Congress. .
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