SENATE 1337116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
PREP Act
- Last Action
- 5/7/2019
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-07 (00)
Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 or the PREP Act
This bill establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.
Subjects
- Academic performance and assessments
- Adult education and literacy
- Census and government statistics
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Educational guidance
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Intergovernmental relations
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
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