Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safer Prisons Act of 2026”.
Safer Prisons Act of 2026
A BILL
To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer.
Sec. 2 Enhanced penalties for assault on Bureau of Prisons correctional officers
Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
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.”