Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Criminal Consequences of Early Release Act of 2016”.
Criminal Consequences of Early Release Act of 2016
A BILL
To require the Bureau of Justice Statistics to report on recidivism rates of Federal prisoners who are released early, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Biannual report on recidivism
Section 302(g) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3732(g)) is amended—
by striking “Not later” and inserting “(1) Annual report on crimes in Indian country.—”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Biannual report on recidivism
“(A) In general—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and once every 6 months thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on—
“(i) recidivism rates among Federal prisoners released early under retroactive revisions to the Sentencing Guidelines that the United States Sentencing Commission implemented in 2007, 2010, and 2014;
“(ii) recidivism rates among Federal prisoners released early under any retroactive revisions to the Sentencing Guidelines implemented by the United States Sentencing Commission after the date of enactment of this paragraph; and
“(iii) recidivism rates among Federal prisoners released early under any retroactive revisions to mandatory minimum sentences required by law after the date of enactment of this paragraph.
“(B) Contents of report—The data required to be reported under subparagraph (A) shall be reported in a manner that shows—
“(i) the total number of Federal prisoners released early nationally and broken down by State;
“(ii) the number and types of offenses for which early released Federal prisoners were imprisoned;
“(iii) the number of offenses, arrests, and convictions of early released Federal prisoners that occur after their early release;
“(iv) the types of offenses leading to arrests and convictions of Federal prisoners after early release; and
“(v) the information described in clauses (iii) and (iv), broken down by State.”