§60103 Federal regulation of prisoner transport companies

Summary

The Attorney General must create rules within 180 days after December 21, 2000, about moving violent prisoners across state lines. He must work with the American Correctional Association and private prisoner transport companies to make those rules. The rules must cover background checks and drug tests (people with a felony or a domestic violence conviction under 18 U.S.C. 921 cannot be hired; drug testing follows State law), training (no more than 100 hours of preservice training on restraints, searches, use of force and weapons, CPR, map reading, and defensive driving), limits on hours on duty (no stricter than current Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Act limits), staffing (normally no more than 1 agent per 6 violent prisoners), uniforms and ID, when prisoners must wear bright clothing, required restraints (like leg shackles and double-locked handcuffs when needed), 24-hour notice to local police before planned stops, immediate notice to local police and the contracting government if a prisoner escapes, and safety rules consistent with federal and State law. Except for the bright-clothing rule, these rules cannot be stricter than those that apply without exception to the U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Immigration and Naturalization Service in similar situations.