“To require the Attorney General to administer grants to discourage repeat offenders.”
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This section establishes a grant program under which the Attorney General must make grants to states, beginning not later than 180 days after enactment, to construct secure correctional facilities, expand capacity to incarcerate offenders who have committed crimes of violence, and train and support correctional staff. To be eligible, a state must have laws or policies requiring (1) repeat offenders to serve at least 85% of their imposed sentence, (2) pretrial detention of individuals charged with a crime of violence who pose a clear threat to public safety, and (3) life imprisonment for individuals convicted of three distinct crimes of violence arising from different conduct at different times. The section authorizes $10 billion for the program for FY2027 through FY2031.