Federal Prison Improvement Act of 1989

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Prison Improvement Act of 1989 - Requires the President to direct the Attorney General and the heads of specified Federal departments and agencies jointly to identify and propose Federal facilities, property, and land to be used for emergency confinement facilities. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) identify specific categories of prisoners who could be reassigned from current Federal correctional facilities or who could be sentenced initially to emergency confinement facilities; (2) review and recommend the technology and programs necessary to establish, staff, and operate emergency confinement facilities; and (3) develop a five-year prison construction plan to eliminate the need for emergency confinement facilities. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a report including: recommendations, the five-year plan, and implementing legislation.…