Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 10171: Correctional options grants

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes a federal grant program to fund correctional interventions, treatment services, boot camp prisons, and court security improvements for youthful offenders and criminal justice systems.

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to provide more appropriate intervention for youthful offenders who are not career criminals, but who, without such intervention, are likely to become career criminals or more serious offenders; to provide a degree of security and discipline appropriate for the offender involved; to provide diagnosis, and treatment and services (including counseling, substance abuse treatment, education, job training and placement assistance while under correctional supervision, and linkage to similar outside services), to increase the success rate of offenders who decide to pursue a course of lawful and productive conduct after release from legal restraint; to reduce criminal recidivism by offenders who receive punishment through such alternatives; to reduce the cost of correctional services and facilities by reducing criminal recidivism; and to provide work that promotes development of industrial and service skills in connection with a correctional option; for any of the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); to undertake educational and training programs for criminal justice personnel; to provide technical assistance to States and local units of government; and to carry out demonstration projects which, in view of previous research or experience, are likely to be a success in more than one jurisdiction; grants to public agencies to establish, operate, and support boot camp prisons; and grants to State courts to improve security for State and local court systems. consider the overall quality of an applicant’s shock incarceration program, including the existence of substance abuse treatment, drug testing, counseling literacy education, vocational education, and job training programs during incarceration or after release; and give priority to public agencies that clearly demonstrate that the capacity of their correctional facilities is inadequate to accommodate the number of individuals who are convicted of offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year. The Director shall consult with the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities created by Public Law 100–456 in order to identify military facilities that may be used as sites for correctional programs receiving assistance under this subpart.

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