Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§4321 Board of Advisers
Title 18 › Part PART III— - PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter CHAPTER 317— - INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN › § 4321
Summary
The President appoints four unpaid U.S. citizens for four-year terms to join the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and the women’s reformatory warden as a board. They must recommend inmate discipline and job training for release. Vacancy appointees serve the remaining term.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §4321
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Four citizens of the United States of prominence and distinction, appointed by the President to serve without compensation, for terms of four years, together with the Attorney General of the United States, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the warden of the Federal Reformatory for Women, shall constitute a Board of Advisers of said Federal Reformatory for Women, which shall recommend ways and means for the discipline and training of the inmates, to fit them for suitable employment upon their discharge. Any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the citizen whom he shall succeed.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 816 (
June 7, 1924, ch. 287, § 7, 43 Stat. 474;
May 14, 1930, ch. 274, § 1, 46 Stat. 325). The provisions relating to the appointment of the board in the first instance were omitted as executed. “Warden” was substituted for “superintendent” and “Federal Reformatory for Women” for “United States Industrial Institution for Women” to conform to existing administrative usage. Minor changes were made in translation, phraseology, and arrangement.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–473 struck out “parole or” before “discharge” at end of first par.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3551 of this title.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 4321
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73