# S. 307 (119th): Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act This act establishes requirements for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and component agencies to assess and respond to incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff

Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act This act establishes requirements for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and component agencies to assess and respond to incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff. Specifically, the act requires DOJ to adopt national standards for the prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against correctional officers or other employees of the BOP. Additionally, the act requires the BOP to fully implement the recommendations of the DOJ Inspector General contained in the report titled Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff .

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: correctional_staff_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: prison_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: sexual_assault_prevention. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 284: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly seeks to restrain sexual harassment and sexual assault against correctional staff by establishing prevention, response, and punishment standards and by requiring implementation of an oversight report. Sexual assault is a direct moral harm, so restraining it is a good, though the measure is primarily administrative.
Theological note: The measure bears on protecting persons from sexual violation and on the civil duty to restrain wrongdoing and protect those who serve under lawful authority. Its concern for the safety and dignity of correctional workers aligns with general equity, though it addresses prison administration rather than a moral question of the highest order.

## Recorded votes

Roll 284: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 376 · Nay 8 · Other 46.

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