Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Part B · Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement
§ 10171. Correctional options grants
Statutory text
Authority to make grants
The Director, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, may make—
4 grants in each fiscal year, in various geographical areas throughout the United States, to public agencies for correctional options (including the cost of construction) that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs—
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;
grants to private nonprofit organizations—
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;
in connection with a correctional option (excluding the cost of construction);
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.
Selection of grantees
The selection of applicants to receive grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be based on their potential for developing or testing various innovative alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs. In selecting the applicants to receive grants under subsection (a)(3), the Director shall—
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.
Priority shall be given to State court applicants under subsection (a)(4) that have the greatest demonstrated need to provide security in order to administer justice.
Consultations
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–351 title I § 515 · 82 Stat. 197
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 10171
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 515, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4847
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 515, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4847Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 515. The Administration is authorized— (a) to conduct evaluation studies of the programs and activities assisted under this title; (b) to collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate statistics and other information on the condition and progress of law enforcement in the several States; and (c) to cooperate with and render technical assistance to State’s, units of general local government, combinations of such States or units, or other public or private agencies, organizations, or institutions in matters relating to law enforcement.Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330001(b)(1) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 10171(b)
Pub. L. 103–322, in introductory provisions substituted “paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1) and (2)”
Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 10171(b)
Pub. L. 103–322, in introductory provisions substituted “public agencies” for “States”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, in introductory provisions substituted “paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1) and (2)”, and in par. (2) substituted “public agencies” for “States”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 515(b) of title 42 USC 3762a. I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended— (A) by striking “subsection (a)(1) and (2)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)”; and (B) in paragraph (2) by striking “States” and inserting “public agencies”.Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–177 § 302(a)(1) · 121 Stat. 2534
Added · 34 U.S.C. § 10171(a)(4)
Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(1), added par. (4)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(1), added par. (4).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(4) grants to State courts to improve security for State and local court systems.” ; andCourt Security Improvement Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–177 § 302(a)(2) · 121 Stat. 2534
Inserted · 34 U.S.C. § 10171(b)
Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(2), inserted concluding provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(2), inserted concluding provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: “Priority shall be given to State court applicants under subsection (a)(4) that have the greatest demonstrated need to provide security in order to administer justice.” .
5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities, referred to in subsec. (c), was created by section 2819 of Pub. L. 100–456, which was set out as a note under section 2391 of Title 10, Armed Forces, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1031(b), , 112 Stat. 2123.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 3762a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 515 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, , 82 Stat. 207; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 7(4), , 84 Stat. 1887; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, , 87 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, § 124, , 90 Stat. 2421, provided for functions, powers, and duties of Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 96–157.
Amendments1994–2008 · 2 rounds
2008
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(1), added par. (4).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–177, § 302(a)(2), inserted concluding provisions.
1994
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, in introductory provisions substituted “paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1) and (2)”, and in par. (2) substituted “public agencies” for “States”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Effective , all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title.
Credits
1990–2008 · 3 acts
- 1990Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 515, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), , 104 Stat. 4847
- 1994amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(b)(1), , 108 Stat. 2138
- 2008Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 302(a), , 121 Stat. 2539.
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(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 515, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), , 104 Stat. 4847; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(b)(1), , 108 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 302(a), , 121 Stat. 2539.)