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Blackburn, Cotton Introduce Bill to Double Penalty for Assault of Federal Correctional Officers
April 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release:

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Blackburn, Cotton Introduce Bill to Double Penalty for Assault of Federal Correctional Officers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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:

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