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RIN: 1105-AA77

Publication ID: Fall 2001

Title: ●Establishment of Minimum Safety and Security Standards for Private Companies That Transport Violent Prisoners
Abstract: This rule proposes to implement the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000, Public Law 106-560 (114 Stat. 2784)(enacted December 21, 2000). In that Act, Congress found that State and local jurisdictions are increasingly turning to private companies to transport their violent prisoners, and that escapes have occurred. Congress determined that minimum regulations for the private prisoner transport industry were necessary to provide protection against risks to the public that are inherent in the transportation of violent prisoners and to assure the safety of those being transported. According, this rule proposes that private prisoner transport companies comply with minimum standards for background checks and preemployment drug testing for potential employees, provide minimum standards for the length and type of employee training, and establish restrictions on the number of hours that transportation employees can be on duty during a given time period. This rule also proposes that private prisoner transport companies comply with minimum standards for the use of restraints while transporting violent prisoners, and establishes categories of violent offenders required to wear identifying clothing. Further, the rule proposes a minimum guard-to-offender ratio that must be observed while transporting violent prisoners, and proposes that private prisoner transport companies comply with standards regarding employee uniforms and employee identification. In addition, the rule proposes to require private prisoner transport companies to notify local law enforcement officials 24 hours in advance of any scheduled stops in their jurisdiction when transporting violent prisoners. In the event of an escape by a violent offender, the proposed rule requires the private prisoner transport company personnel immediately to notify appropriate law enforcement officials in the jurisdiction where the escape occurs, as well as the governmental entity that contracted with the private prisoner transport company for the transport of the escaped violent prisoner. Finally, the rule proposes that private prisoner transport companies adopt certain minimum standards in order to protect the safety of violent prisoners in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 97
Legal Authority: PL 106-560

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		06/19/2001

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/00/2001
NPRM Comment Period End	01/00/2002

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Lizette D. Benedi Counsel Department of Justice Legal Activities Office of Legal Policy, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 4529, Washington, DC 20530 Phone:202 514-3824