{"id":828865,"date":"2021-09-29T19:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828865"},"modified":"2021-09-29T19:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:13:33","slug":"how-legislation-introduced-by-a-democrat-could-help-prevent-the-next-epstein-prison-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-legislation-introduced-by-a-democrat-could-help-prevent-the-next-epstein-prison-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How Legislation Introduced By A Democrat Could Help Prevent The Next Epstein Prison Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-legislation-introduced-by-a-democrat-could-help-prevent-the-next-epstein-prison-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Lawmakers are looking at pushing the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into repairing and upgrading security systems in federal prisons to prevent future incidents such as the alleged suicide of Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, known as the Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021, was introduced Wednesday by Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Dick Durban of Illinois, and Chuck Grassley of Iowa. The legislation aims to \u201cto require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/PRISON-CAMERA-REFORM-ACT-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlind spots, lost footage, and technical failures are unacceptable in federal prisons, which must be cleaned up and held to the highest standards,\u201d Ossoff said, <a title=\"Broken US prison security cameras targeted in senators\u2019 bill\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/prisons-jon-ossoff-jeffrey-epstein-chuck-grassley-congress-8571c56df81388134f7124430b544416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.9538461538462\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m serious about prison reform and I thank Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DickDurbin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DickDurbin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a> for cosponsoring my Prison Camera Reform Act.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KznDPv15al\">https:\/\/t.co\/KznDPv15al<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1443241424816836615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Faulty prison cameras became an issue following the death of Epstein when it was discovered by investigators that some cameras at his unit in the Metropolitan correction center did not work properly and some cameras did not capture anyone coming in or going out from Epstein\u2019s cell, the AP <a title=\"Broken US prison security cameras targeted in senators\u2019 bill\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/prisons-jon-ossoff-jeffrey-epstein-chuck-grassley-congress-8571c56df81388134f7124430b544416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI examined two cameras from Epstein\u2019s cell at a major crime lab in Quantico, Virginia, and discovered that one camera had footage that was considered to be \u201cunusable\u201d sparking doubt around the nature of Epstein\u2019s death, <a title=\"FBI examining broken cameras outside Epstein jail cell: report\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/459294-fbi-examining-broken-cameras-outside-epstein-jail-cell-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according <\/a>to The Hill. <strong><a title=\"Judy Woodruff Asked Bill Gates What Lessons He\u2019s Learned From Jeffrey Epstein. \u2018Well, He\u2019s Dead, So \u2026 \u2018\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/22\/judy-woodruff-asked-bill-gates-lessons-learned-from-jeffrey-epstein-hes-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Judy Woodruff Asked Bill Gates What Lessons He\u2019s Learned From Jeffrey Epstein. \u2018Well, He\u2019s Dead So \u2026 \u201c)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legislation would require the BOP to submit a plan to congress to address any and all deficiencies in its security systems and make upgrades to ensure proper storage, logging, preservation and accessibility of records; The Hill <a title=\"Bipartisan senators introduce legislation to upgrade federal prisons&#039; camera systems\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/574518-bipartisan-senators-introduce-legislation-to-upgrade-federal-prisons-camera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlind spots, lost footage, and technical failures are unacceptable in Federal prisons, which must be cleaned up and held to the highest standards. We hope to achieve swift passage of the bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021,\u201d Ossoff said, <a title=\"Bipartisan senators introduce legislation to upgrade federal prisons&#039; camera systems\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/574518-bipartisan-senators-introduce-legislation-to-upgrade-federal-prisons-camera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the agency would have three years to implement the plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers are looking at pushing the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into repairing and upgrading security systems in federal prisons to prevent future incidents such as the alleged suicide of Jeffrey &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}