“Federal Corrections in Focus: Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons”

House 119th · May 06, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2141 · Scheduled
Judiciary Committee › Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee · 12 members ↓
Biggs, Andy R-AZ Chair
Moore, Barry R-AL
Knott, Brad R-NC
Nehls, Troy E. R-TX
Kiley, Kevin R-CA
Lee, Laurel M. R-FL
Tiffany, Thomas P. R-WI
McBath, Lucy D-GA Ranking
Swalwell, Eric D-CA
Moskowitz, Jared D-FL
Goldman, Daniel S. D-NY
Cohen, Steve D-TN
Witnesses (4)
Mr. Patrick Purtill
Vice President and General Counsel
Unify.US
Mr. Andy Potter
Founder and Executive Director
One Voice United
Mr. Kandia Milton
Government Affairs Director
Dream.Org
Mr. Cody Wilde
Senior Vice President of Correctional Programs
Prison Fellowship
Supporting Documents (21) Show all +
An article from The New York Times titled “Under Trump, U.S. Prisons Offered Gender-Affirming Care” dated October 16, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
An article from CBS News titled “Survey: Transgender inmates more likely to be victims of sexual assault” dated July 31, 2015, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
Questions for Mr. Potter, submitted for the Record by Mr. Schmidt. PDF
A report from GAO titled “Noncitizens in the U.S.: Public Information on Federal Incarcerations” dated September 3, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
An article from KWQC titled “Thomson Prison on lockdown since Sunday” dated March 11, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Moskowitz of FL. PDF
An article from 9 News titled “Video shows masked ICE agents detaining 2 outside Douglas County courthouse” dated April 21, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
An article from Politico titled “Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’” dated April 26, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
An article from Prison Fellowship titled “Prison Fellowship Applauds Congressional Funding of Prison Rape Elimination Act, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
An article from Corrections 1 titled “BOP slashes retention bonuses, impacting thousands of correctional officers” dated February 27, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. PDF
An article from Corrections 1 titled “15 FCI Thomson corrections officers hospitalized after suspected drug exposure in mailroom” dated April 17, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Moskowitz of FL. PDF
An article from NBC News titled “Newborn U.S. citizen and Guatemalan mom detained as she faces deportation” dated May 4, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
Questions for Mr. Milton, submitted for the Record by Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Raskin. PDF
Questions for Mr. Purtill, submitted for the Record by Mr. Schmidt. PDF
Answers to Questions for Mr. Potter, submitted for the Record by Mr. Schmidt. PDF
A letter from The Sentencing Project to Mr. William Marshall, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, dated May 5, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. PDF
An article from Federal News Network titled “ Days ahead of coming BOP pay cuts, some employees already resigning” dated March 14, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. PDF
An article from WQAD titled “DOGE making cuts to federal workforce: FCI Thomson union expresses frustration” dated February 25, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Moskowitz of FL. PDF
An article from CNN titled “What happens with US citizen children caught up in Trump’s deportation push” dated May 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF
Oral statement of Director Colette Peters dated July 23, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ. PDF
An article from The Guardian titled "US federal women's prison plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse to close" dated April 15, 2024. PDF
An article from Newsweek titled “ICE Agents in Ski Masks Snatch Migrants Out of Lawyer’s Car” dated February 28, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. PDF

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