18 U.S.C. § 4001 — Limitation on detention; control of prisons
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 103 words · no verdicts yet
A citizen may not be imprisoned or detained by the United States unless Congress authorizes it. The Attorney General controls most federal penal institutions and may establish inmate work and rehabilitation programs.
(a) No citizen may be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except under an Act of Congress.
(b) (1) The Attorney General controls and manages federal penal and correctional institutions, except military and naval institutions. The Attorney General must issue their governing rules and appoint needed officers and employees under the civil-service laws, the Classification Act as amended, and applicable regulations. (2) The Attorney General may establish and operate industries, farms, and other activities; classify inmates; and provide for their government, discipline, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and reformation.
No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress.
The control and management of Federal penal and correctional institutions, except military or naval institutions, shall be vested in the Attorney General, who shall promulgate rules for the government thereof, and appoint all necessary officers and employees in accordance with the civil-service laws, the Classification Act, as amended, and the applicable regulations.
The Attorney General may establish and conduct industries, farms, and other activities and classify the inmates; and provide for their proper government, discipline, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and reformation.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 92–128, § 1(a), (b), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 347.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 847
- 1971Amended · Pub. L. 92-128 · 85 Stat. 347
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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