Establishment of Minimum Safety and Security Standards for Private Companies That Transport Violent Prisoners

Résumé

In the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000 ("the Act"), Congress instructed the Department of Justice ("the Department") to promulgate regulations providing minimum safety and security standards for private companies that transport violent prisoners on behalf of State and local jurisdictions. The Act provides that the regulations shall not impose stricter standards with respect to private prisoner transport companies than are applicable to certain Department agencies that transport violent prisoners under comparable circumstances. This rule establishes minimum standards in only those areas that Congress identified in the Act by finalizing a proposed rule the Department published on this subject on December 17, 2001, at 66 FR 64934.