Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2026

This bill would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to send an annual report to congressional committees, the Government Accountability Office, and the Justice Department's Inspector General on damage from major disasters at federal prisons and contract prisons. The report would cover injuries and deaths, access to medical care, food, water, and visitation, early release and home confinement decisions, repair costs, and other effects on inmates and staff. Each report would also include a corrective action plan with a timeline and legislative recommendations for improving emergency preparedness. The bill would expand the National Institute of Corrections advisory board from 10 to 14 members with specified backgrounds and require the Institute to hold at least one public field hearing on emergency preparedness in correctional facilities within one year.

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Sponsors

• Ted Lieu Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors