No Bail Post-Jail Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The No Bail Post-Jail Act adds a categorical detention rule to 18 U.S.C. 3142(e). A judicial officer must treat a person as dangerous to the community and ineligible for pretrial release if three findings are made: the current charge is a felony, the person is an adult or a juvenile charged as an adult, and the person has a prior felony conviction for a crime of violence that resulted in at least 30 days served in a state or federal correctional facility. The 30-day custody threshold excludes pretrial detention without conviction. The bill therefore narrows judicial discretion for a specific group of felony defendants with prior violent-felony incarceration history and shifts more of those defendants into detention before trial.
Who Benefits and How
Prosecutors benefit because the bill gives them a categorical detention argument for felony defendants with prior violent-felony incarceration. Crime victims benefit if judges detain higher-risk defendants who meet the statutory findings. Communities concerned about violent reoffending benefit from a stricter federal pretrial release rule. Pretrial services officers benefit from a clearer statutory detention category, though not from reduced workload.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Felony defendants with prior violent-felony incarceration face mandatory ineligibility for pretrial release when the findings are met. Federal public defenders must litigate the prior-conviction and custody-history elements of the detention rule. Federal judges lose discretion to release defendants who fit the new dangerousness category. Federal detention facilities bear added population pressure if more defendants are held before trial.
Key Provisions
- Requires detention ineligibility for covered felony defendants with qualifying prior violent-felony incarceration.
- Limits the rule to adults or juveniles charged as adults.
- Requires at least 30 days served in state or federal custody after a violent-felony conviction.
- Excludes pretrial detention without conviction from the 30-day custody threshold.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends federal pretrial release law so a person charged with a felony is presumed dangerous and ineligible for release if the person is an adult or juvenile charged as an adult and has a prior violent-felony conviction that led to at least 30 days in state or federal custody.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Pretrial Detention, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Amends federal pretrial release law so a person charged with a felony is presumed dangerous and ineligible for release if the person is an adult or juvenile charged as an adult and has a prior violent-felony conviction that led to at least 30 days in state or federal custody.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Prosecutors
- Crime victims
- Communities concerned about violent reoffending
- Pretrial services officers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Felony defendants with prior violent-felony incarceration
- Federal public defenders
- Federal judges
- Federal detention facilities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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