Omnibus Penal Reform Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Omnibus Penal Reform Act - Title I: Minimum Standards - States the findings of the Congress that the absence of minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners is conducive to disorder and violence in the Nation's correctional institutions. Creates the National Prison Standards Administration. Provides that such Administration shall develop and promulgate rules on the record to assure the maintenance of specified standards including the following: (1) there shall be no discrimination on grounds of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, or wealth; (2) different catagories of prisoners shall be kept in separate prisons or parts of prisons, taking into account their sexual preference, age, criminal record, the legal reason for their detention, and the necessities of their treatment; (3) all accommodations provided for the use of prisoners, and especially all sleeping accommodations, shall be sanitary and healthful, particularly with respect to cubic content of air, minimum floorspace, lighting, heating, and ventilation; (4) in all places where prisoners are required to live or work, there shall be sufficient light and ventilation,…