- Housing marketEnables District agencies to plan reentry services, housing, and benefits enrollment before individuals' release.
- Potential benefitFacilitates counsel and legal organizations' access to release information for representation and post-conviction advoc…
- Potential benefitSupports coordinated pre-release interventions that may reduce recidivism and downstream criminal justice costs.
District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide the Mayor of the District of Columbia, every 90 days, specific identifying and custodial information for persons incarcerated under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997. Information includes name, age, Federal Register Number, housing facility, and scheduled release date; the Mayor may also request information the BOP provides to CSOSA.
Liberal emphasizes reentry benefits and protection from policing
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively focused, narrow statutory mandate directing the Bureau of Prisons to share specified information about certain persons with the Mayor of the District of Columbia on a recurring basis, while restricting further disclosure.
This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide the Mayor of the District of Columbia, every 90 days, specific identifying and custodial information for persons incarcerated under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997.
Information includes name, age, Federal Register Number, housing facility, and scheduled release date; the Mayor may also request information the BOP provides to CSOSA.
The bill forbids the Mayor from disclosing the data outside DC government, bars sharing with DC law enforcement, and allows sharing with defendants' counsel and legal reentry organizations.
Modest, technical measure with limited cost and clear implementation path; main obstacles are agency pushback and privacy/legal concerns.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively focused, narrow statutory mandate directing the Bureau of Prisons to share specified information about certain persons with the Mayor of the District of Columbia on a recurring basis, while restricting further disclosure. The bill establishes core actors, data elements, and frequency but omits implementation-level detail.
Liberal emphasizes reentry benefits and protection from policing
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
- Potential burdenIncreases privacy and data security risks for incarcerated persons' personal and release information.
- Potential burdenProhibiting disclosure to District law enforcement may hinder investigations or immediate public-safety responses.
- Potential burdenRequires BOP to compile and transmit records every 90 days, creating recurring administrative burden and costs.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Liberal emphasizes reentry benefits and protection from policing
Likely supportive: sees the bill as a pragmatic step to improve reentry planning and access to counsel for returning citizens.
Values the explicit bar on providing data to local law enforcement as protecting returning people from surveillance and unnecessary criminalization.
Generally favorable but pragmatic: views the bill as a narrow, operational tool to aid reentry while noting practical questions.
Would seek clarity on privacy safeguards, cost, implementation, and potential conflicts with other laws.
Skeptical: acknowledges reentry support merits but objects to forbidding DC law enforcement access and to mandating federal data sharing with local government.
Concerned about public safety, federal records handling, and expanded local control over federal information.
The path through Congress.
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Modest, technical measure with limited cost and clear implementation path; main obstacles are agency pushback and privacy/legal concerns.
- Potential DOJ/BOP resistance or administrative objections
- Ambiguity over term 'Federal Register Number' in practice
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Liberal emphasizes reentry benefits and protection from policing
Modest, technical measure with limited cost and clear implementation path; main obstacles are agency pushback and privacy/legal concerns.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively focused, narrow statutory mandate directing the Bureau of Prisons to share specified information about certain persons with the Mayor of the Di…
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