BONUS! NCFCA Policy Debate: Bank Accounts (NEG)

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction

Case Summary: The AFF plan modifies oversight of prisoner’s bank accounts.  Prisoners are able to deposit their own money into accounts run by the BOP.  These accounts are not covered by federal bank security laws (because the BOP is not a “bank” by definition under federal law), so they bypass a lot of the safeguards against money laundering and other verifications that the money is not being used for criminal activity. AFF is worried that prisoners are hiding ill-gotten gains or funding illegal activities with these monies.  They may have various mandates to solve it, depending on the specific AFF plan, so listen carefully to what their plan does and only use the evidence in this brief that pertains to what they are doing.