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Safer Prisons Act of 2024

S. 3817 · 118th Congress · Feb 27, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Safer Prisons Act of 2024”.

Sec. 2 Enhanced penalties for assault on Bureau of Prisons correctional officers

Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2)
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

“(c) Enhanced penalties for assault on Bureau of Prisons correctional officers—In the case of any violation of this section against a correctional officer of the Bureau of Prisons, the applicable maximum term of imprisonment under this section shall be doubled, and the applicable maximum fine shall be adjusted accordingly.”