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S. 307119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
Sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-110.
Where it standsBecame law7 senators score as swing votes
Became law
- Senate: passedApr 29, 2025
- House: passedAug 31, 2026
- President: Signed into lawSep 16, 2026
Summary
, via Congress.govPrison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
This act establishes requirements for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and component agencies to assess and respond to incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff.
Specifically, the act requires DOJ to adopt national standards for the prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against correctional officers or other employees of the BOP.
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Additionally, the act requires the BOP to fully implement the recommendations of the DOJ Inspector General contained in the report titled
Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff
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Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Department of Justice
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Sex offenses
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 67Middle 30–70
- 26Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
