34 U.S.C. § 60101 — Findings

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-560 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 186 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress found that states increasingly use private companies to transport violent prisoners. These trips can last days or weeks and stop at hubs, and escapes have happened. This law does not push states toward private transport but regulates it when states choose it.

Congress made five findings in adopting this chapter: (1) States increasingly turn to private prisoner transport companies as an alternative to their own staff or the U.S. Marshals Service when moving violent prisoners. (2) That transport can take days or weeks, since violent prisoners are dropped off and picked up across a network of hubs nationwide. (3) Violent prisoners have escaped while being transported by private companies. (4) Oversight by the Attorney General is needed to fix these problems. (5) Most governments will keep using fully trained, sworn law-enforcement officers to transport violent prisoners, but fiscal or logistical pressures may make private transport companies a reasonable option. Sections 60101 through 60104 of this title should not be read as encouraging governments to hire private companies to move violent prisoners. But when a government does choose to use one, this chapter says that company must be regulated to protect public safety.

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Congress finds the following:

(1)

Increasingly, States are turning to private prisoner transport companies as an alternative to their own personnel or the United States Marshals Service when transporting violent prisoners.

(2)

The transport process can last for days if not weeks, as violent prisoners are dropped off and picked up at a network of hubs across the country.

(3)

Escapes by violent prisoners during transport by private prisoner transport companies have occurred.

(4)

Oversight by the Attorney General is required to address these problems.

(5)

While most governmental entities may prefer to use, and will continue to use, fully trained and sworn law enforcement officers when transporting violent prisoners, fiscal or logistical concerns may make the use of highly specialized private prisoner transport companies an option. Nothing in sections 60101 to 60104 of this title should be construed to mean that governmental entities should contract with private prisoner transport companies to move violent prisoners; however when a government entity opts to use a private prisoner transport company to move violent prisoners, then the company should be subject to regulation in order to enhance public safety.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–560, § 2, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2784.)

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2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-560 · 114 Stat. 2784

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-560 on 2000-12-21.

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