{"id":"b4a6a050-b775-41d4-b1aa-0fdc0d55db38","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":736,"title":"Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act","displayTitle":"Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act","abstract":"Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act This bill increases federal criminal penalties for providing or attempting to provide a cell phone to an individual who is incarcerated at a prison.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Most people would notice no change in daily life. This matters if you work at a federal prison, or if you visit someone in one. Handing a prisoner a cell phone is already a federal crime. The most prison time a judge could order for it would rise from one year to two.\n\nThe higher penalty would fall only on the person who supplies the phone. The prisoner who ends up with it would still face up to one year. The Bureau of Prisons (the agency running federal prisons) would also get a deadline. Within one year, it would have to review its rules on banned items. Any changes are left to the agency.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["CRIMINAL_JUSTICE","GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS"],"introducedAt":"2025-02-26T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-02-26T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/736","accountabilityFlags":{"criminal_justice":["↑ Prison time for phone smugglers — 1 year becomes 2","↑ Prison contraband rules reviewed — within a year of becoming law"]},"tldr":"Sneaking a phone to someone in federal prison could bring up to two years — twice today's limit.","summaryStandard":"v2","flagExplainers":{"criminal_justice":["This covers the person who brings the phone in — a visitor, an outside contact, or a prison employee. The person in prison who receives it still faces up to one year, not two.","The Bureau of Prisons would run this review. It covers rules for inmates who get banned items of any kind, not just phones. The stated goal is better safety for staff and for people in prison. No change is actually required."]},"flagValence":{"criminal_justice":["contested","contested"]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","chamber":null,"policyArea":"Crime and Law Enforcement","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Held at the desk.","latestTextVersion":"Engrossed in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"b4a6a050-b775-41d4-b1aa-0fdc0d55db38","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/736","websiteBillId":"S-736","yourvoiceSummary":"Most people would notice no change in daily life. This matters if you work at a federal prison, or if you visit someone in one. Handing a prisoner a cell phone is already a federal crime. The most prison time a judge could order for it would rise from one year to two.\n\nThe higher penalty would fall only on the person who supplies the phone. The prisoner who ends up with it would still face up to one year. The Bureau of Prisons (the agency running federal prisons) would also get a deadline. Within one year, it would have to review its rules on banned items. Any changes are left to the agency.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:42:31.193117+00:00"}