Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 3601: Supervision of probation

Civil

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This statute establishes procedures for supervising people on probation or supervised release and creates a Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to help prisoners prepare for and adjust to community reentry through coordinated services and graduated supervision levels.

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A person who has been sentenced to probation pursuant to the provisions of subchapter B of chapter 227, or placed on probation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 403, or placed on supervised release pursuant to the provisions of section 3583, shall, during the term imposed, be supervised by a probation officer to the degree warranted by the conditions specified by the sentencing court. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project. The project shall involve appropriate prisoners from the Federal prison population and shall utilize community corrections facilities, home confinement, and a coordinated response by Federal agencies to assist participating prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community. A Reentry Review Team for each prisoner, consisting of a representative from the Bureau of Prisons, the United States Probation System, the United States Parole Commission, and the relevant community corrections facility, who shall initially meet with the prisoner to develop a reentry plan tailored to the needs of the prisoner. A system of graduated levels of supervision with the community corrections facility to promote community safety, provide incentives for prisoners to complete the reentry plan, including victim restitution, and provide a reasonable method for imposing sanctions for a prisoner’s violation of the conditions of participation in the project. Substance abuse treatment and aftercare, mental and medical health treatment and aftercare, vocational and educational training, life skills instruction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable affordable housing, and other programming to promote effective reintegration into the community as needed. From funds made available to carry out this section, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall assign 1 or more probation officers from each participating judicial district to the Reentry Demonstration project. Such officers shall be assigned to and stationed at the community corrections facility and shall serve on the Reentry Review Teams. The Reentry Center Demonstration project shall begin not later than 6 months following the availability of funds to carry out this subsection, and shall last 3 years. to pose a medium to high risk of committing a criminal act upon reentering the community; and to lack the skills and family support network that facilitate successful reintegration into the community. $1,375,000 for fiscal year 2003; $1,110,000 for fiscal year 2004; $1,130,000 for fiscal year 2005; $1,155,000 for fiscal year 2006; and $1,230,000 for fiscal year 2007; and $3,380,000 for fiscal year 2003; $3,540,000 for fiscal year 2004; $3,720,000 for fiscal year 2005; $3,910,000 for fiscal year 2006; and $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2007.”

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