About the Safer Supervision Coalition
The Safer Supervision Coalition is made up of a diverse group of organizations and leaders including law enforcement leaders, conservatives, faith groups, employers, and public safety advocates.
We are committed to public safety and prosperous communities. We believe reforming federal supervised release by implementing evidence-based policies will lower recidivism, incentivize successful reentry, reduce familial and workforce instability, and increase safety.
The Problem
Federal supervision was intended to provide additional monitoring and assistance in special cases when an individual required more support in their reentry. Our Supreme Court has explained that it was intended to be reserved “for those, and only those, who needed it.”
However, in practice, the use of federal supervised release has ballooned dramatically and is now imposed in virtually every case of federal incarceration.
- Probation officers say that they are unable to provide individuals with higher risks and higher needs the close supervision required to protect the public and help them reenter society successfully.
- Meanwhile, thousands of people are on supervision well beyond what is necessary to support their transition. This places counterproductive hurdles on lower-risk individuals that inhibit their ability to succeed.
The Solution
The SAFER Supervision Act makes overdue updates to federal supervised release so that supervision works better for everyone – people on supervision, supervision officers, crime survivors, local economies, and the entire country.
Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
The Safer Supervision Act (S. 3077 | H.R. 5883) is sponsored in the Senate by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chris Coons (D-DE), and cosponsored by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and James Lankford (R-OK).
In the House, the legislation is sponsored by Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL-15) and cosponsored by Representatives Zach Nunn (R-IA-03), Barry Moore (R-AL-01), Deborah Ross (D-NC-02), Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), Burgess Owens (R-UT-04), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Mark Harris (R-NC-08), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11), Celeste Maloy (R-UT-02), Nick Langworthy (R-NY-23), Stephanie Bice (R-OK-05), Lance Gooden (R-TX-05), and Mary Miller (R-IL-15).
Together, this bipartisan, bicameral effort is advancing evidence-based reforms to federal supervision that strengthen public safety, support successful reentry, reduce unnecessary barriers to success, and help probation officers focus their time and resources where they are needed most.
These groups support the SAFER Supervision Act:
