Safer Prisons Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4305 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4305 To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Cotton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Prisons Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ASSAULT ON BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Enhanced Penalties for As…