Ossoff-led Federal Prison Oversight Act gets nod from Civil Rights leaders across Georgia

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff (above) signing the Federal Prison Oversight Act before it was sent to the office of U.S. President Joseph R. Biden. Photo by Office of Senator Jon Ossoff There are 122 federal prisons under the watch of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and due to bipartisan prison reform legislation, led by United States Senator Jon Ossoff, they will all begin the journey of becoming safer. Ossoff first introduced what is now the Federal Prison Oversight Act in 2022 following multiple Senate investigations, all of which had bipartisan support. On Thursday, United States President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the act into law. The Federal Prison Oversight Act calls for nationwide routine inspections of all 122 facilities by the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office and the establishment of an ombudsman to routinely investigate the people who are living and working in the facilities. “When I campaigned for the Senate, I made a promise to fight for civil and human rights for all Georgians,” Ossoff said in a statement to The Atlanta Voice. “I’ve been honored to work so closely with Georgia’s civil rights community to write and pass into law this prison reform legislation and will continue...