Bill Would Require Families Get Timely Notifications On Inmate Deaths

Bill Would Require Families Get Timely Notifications On Inmate Deaths

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would require family members to get timely notifications on the death, serious illness or injury of a loved one in custody.

Bill would require federal prisons to notify families of serious illness and death

For years, families have complained of cruelty from federal prisons when their incarcerated loved ones become seriously ill or die.

Sens. Ossoff & Kennedy introduce bipartisan, bicameral bill to notify loved ones when inmates suffer health complications or pass away in custody - Americus Times-Recorder

Ossoff PressU.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to help safeguard human rights in Georgia’s prisons.Today, Sens. Ossoff and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the bipartisan Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act to help notify family members in a timely and compassionate manner in the event of a death, serious illness or injury of a loved one in custody. The bill would require the U.S. Department of Jus…

Rutherford Bill Ensures Health Updates to Prisoner Family Members

Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Representative John Rutherford (R-FL), and other U.S. Representatives have introduced the bipartisan Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act. When inmates and those in custody suffer a serious change in their health status (illness, injury, death), family members would be notified in a "timely and compassionate manner." Sen. Ossoff's bill would require the U.S. Department o…