WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Safer Prisons Act to double the maximum term of imprisonment for assaulting a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer:
"Federal prisons have become increasingly unsafe for the brave men and women who serve as federal corrections officers. Incidents of inmates assaulting BOP officers have been on the rise and often result in PTSD for the affected officers as they continue to do their jobs," said Senator Blackburn. "The Safer Prisons Act would deter these acts of violence by doubling the criminal penalties for assaulting a BOP correctional officer."
"Assaulting...