# 119-hr-3612: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025

119-hr-3612, End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3612
- Congress: 119
- Title: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-30

## Summary

**Phases out for-profit private contracts for core federal prison services** by requiring those services be performed by federal employees and banning for-profit management of community confinement facilities. The bill also adds stronger reentry counseling, annual inspections, and regular research and reporting to Congress.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Reentry help before federal prison release: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General would set rules so each person leaving federal custody gets reentry counseling. Topics would include expungement rights, help removing job barriers, and training and education options. People would get a record of programs finished inside. Staff would help with appl…
- Yearly inspections of U.S. Marshals jails: benefit, low. If enacted, within one year and every year after, the United States Marshals Service would inspect every facility it uses to hold people. Inspections would check compliance with the Constitution, federal law, Marshals Service rules, and any State or local standards.
- End for-profit halfway houses over time: mixed, low. If enacted, eight years after enactment the Bureau of Prisons would be barred from contracts with for-profit companies to run or manage community confinement facilities (halfway houses). The bill would lock in the meaning of “community confinement facility” by using the definition in 28 C.F.R. 115.…
- End private operators in federal prisons: mixed, low. If enacted, six years after enactment, federal prisons could not use private companies for core correctional services. Core services include housing, guarding, protecting, and discipline. The U.S. Marshals could use State or local jails only if government employees perform these services and the fa…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-4457: Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3612 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3612)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-4457: Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4457)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3612 (as of 2026-10-30).