H.R.3893: Common Sense Prison Work and Victim Restitution Act of 1998

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Common Sense Prison Work and Victim Restitution Act of 1998 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require convicted inmates confined in Federal prisons, jails, and other detention facilities to engage in: (1) work for not less than 50 hours weekly; and (2) job-training and educational and life skills preparation study. Allows nonprofit entities to utilize the services of prisoners if opportunities otherwise provided by law for inmates to...

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 19, 1998

Introduced in the House by John Ensign (R-Nev.)

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