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To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law.

4/17/2007--Introduced.

Private Prison Information Act of 2007 - Provides that each nongovernmental entity contracting with the federal government to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners in a privately-owned prison or other correctional facility shall have the same duty to release information about the operation of that facility as a federal agency operating such a facility would have under the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes any party aggrieved by a violation of that duty to obtain relief in a civil action.

Latest Actions
  • 06/26/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • 11/08/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • 05/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  • 04/17/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.1889 Introduced in House08/31/2007