Posted on 01/04/2023 3:29:22 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras after rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths.
The bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act, which passed the Senate last year and the House on Dec. 14, requires the Bureau of Prisons to evaluate and enhance security camera, radio and public address systems at its 122 facilities.
The agency must submit a report to Congress within three months detailing deficiencies and a plan to make needed upgrades. Those upgrades are required within three years and the bureau must submit annual progress reports to lawmakers.
“Broken prison camera systems are enabling corruption, misconduct and abuse,” said the legislation’s sponsor, Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. “That’s why I brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass my Prison Camera Reform Act, which is now law.”
The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that it “appreciates the work and support of Senator Ossoff and other members of Congress, as well as the President of the United States."
Failing and inadequate security cameras have allowed inmates to escape from federal prisons and hampered investigations. They've been an issue in inmate deaths, including that of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a federal jail in New York City in 2019.
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog found that deficiencies with security cameras have compromised investigations into staff misconduct, the introduction of contraband, civil rights violations and inmate deaths.
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So does this mean that the J6 hostages will be vindicated for their claims of torture and unconstitutional confinement?
Their cameras will be fixed last
LOL!
Do it for the Epsteins of the world.
That’s a Babylon Bee headline if ever there was one.
...But I am wrong!
Hillary Clinton Deeply Saddened!
“The Epstein Bill’
As always with Mother Government, too little, too late.
I bet they still malfunction during suicides
Officially now an established excuse for our DOJ to kill inmates.
Sorry SBF, this isn’t going to save you.
This is the only thing that I have ever agreed with the Biden Regime on. Somebody needs to watch the watchers. There should also be a law that all prison cameras have to recorded by a contracted third party to prevent deletions.
Imagine having to pass a Bill to do this? What does that tell you about the Federal prison system? Somebody made a lot of money installing those cameras in all the prisons, and part of the contracts should have included maintenance. Those contracts should have been regularly renewed, and covered in the Federal Budget. Where did that money go? I find it hard to believe that Epstein’s camera is the only instance where a camera wasn’t functioning within the system. There has to be other incidents where cameras malfunctioned or weren’t working, so where are the lawsuits pertaining to this?
Imagine a federal agency needing a law to do their job.
Flawed bill.
Doesn’t say they have to turn them on or keep them on.
I predict a lot of inmates with dirt on the Clintons and Bidens will be falling down stairs a lot.
Epstein taps box
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