1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023 . 2. Elimination of required participation in the inmate work program (a) United States Code Section 4001(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) The Attorney General may not require inmates to participate in a work program. . (b) Code of Federal Regulations The Attorney General shall amend sections 545.20 and 545.23 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, and any other regulations necessary, to comply with the amendment made in paragraph (1). 3. Elimination of administrative exhaustion requirement (a) In general Section 7(a) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1997e(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) Administrative exhaustion not required A prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility may bring an action with respect to prison conditions under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ) or another Federal law without regard to whether the prisoner has exhausted the administrative remedies that are available. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any action that is filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 4. Limitations on retaliation and discipline for refusal to work (a) Prohibition of retaliation for refusal To work Section 6 of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1997d ) is amended— (1) by striking No person and inserting (a) Reporting violations.— No person ; and (2) by adding at the end: (b) Refusal To work No prisoner (as defined in section 7) shall be subjected to retaliation in any manner for refusal to work. . (b) Limitation on discipline (1) United States Code Section 4042 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e)