§4352 — Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code

Summary

The National Institute of Corrections may make grants and contracts and work with federal, state, tribal, and local governments, public and private groups, schools, and people to carry out its mission. It can collect and share information about corrections, advise courts and agencies, help improve programs and services, run trainings and workshops, build technical training teams, do and coordinate research, set policy and standards, test new ideas, get data from federal agencies, arrange and pay for use of agency staff or equipment, make contracts, and hire experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5 of the U.S. Code, paid up to the daily equivalent of the GS‑18 rate in section 5332 of title 5. Anyone who gets help under this law must keep records the Institute requires. Records must show how much money was received, how it was spent, the total project cost, and how much came from other sources so audits can be done. The Institute and the Comptroller General may inspect books and papers related to the grants. These rules apply to direct grantees and to subgrantees and subcontractors.

Title 18, §4352

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(a)In addition to the other powers, express and implied, the National Institute of Corrections shall have authority—

(1)to receive from or make grants to and enter into contracts with Federal, State, tribal, and general units of local government, public and private agencies, educational institutions, organizations, and individuals to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(2)to serve as a clearinghouse and information center for the collection, preparation, and dissemination of information on corrections, including, but not limited to, programs for prevention of crime and recidivism, training of corrections personnel, and rehabilitation and treatment of criminal and juvenile offenders;

(3)to assist and serve in a consulting capacity to Federal, State, tribal, and local courts, departments, and agencies in the development, maintenance, and coordination of programs, facilities, and services, training, treatment, and rehabilitation with respect to criminal and juvenile offenders;

(4)to encourage and assist Federal, State, tribal, and local government programs and services, and programs and services of other public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations in their efforts to develop and implement improved corrections programs;

(5)to devise and conduct, in various geographical locations, seminars, workshops, and training programs for law enforcement officers, judges, and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay ex-offenders, and paraprofessional personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal and juvenile offenders;

(6)to develop technical training teams to aid in the development of seminars, workshops, and training programs within the several States and tribal communities, and with the State, tribal, and local agencies which work with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other offenders;

(7)to conduct, encourage, and coordinate research relating to corrections, including the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of criminal offenders;

(8)to formulate and disseminate correctional policy, goals, standards, and recommendations for Federal, State, tribal, and local correctional agencies, organizations, institutions, and personnel;

(9)to conduct evaluation programs which study the effectiveness of new approaches, techniques, systems, programs, and devices employed to improve the corrections system;

(10)to receive from any Federal department or agency such statistics, data, program reports, and other material as the Institute deems necessary to carry out its functions. Each such department or agency is authorized to cooperate with the Institute and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult with and furnish information to the Institute;

(11)to arrange with and reimburse the heads of Federal departments and agencies for the use of personnel, facilities, or equipment of such departments and agencies;

(12)to confer with and avail itself of the assistance, services, records, and facilities of State, tribal, and local governments or other public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals;

(13)to enter into contracts with public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, for the performance of any of the functions of the Institute; and

(14)to procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5 of the United States Code, at rates of compensation not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate authorized for GS–18 by section 5332 of title 5 of the United States Code.

[(b)Repealed. Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 109(a), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820.]

(c)Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep such records as the Institute shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

(d)The Institute, and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for purposes of audit and examinations to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the grants received under this chapter.

(e)The provision of this section shall apply to all recipients of assistance under this title, whether by direct grant or contract from the Institute or by subgrant or subcontract from primary grantees or contractors of the Institute.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (a)(1), (3), (4). Pub. L. 111–211, § 261(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”. Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 111–211, § 261(b)(2), inserted “and tribal communities,” after “States” and “, tribal,” after “State”. Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 111–211, § 261(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”. Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 111–211, § 261(b)(3), inserted “, tribal,” after “State”. 1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “this chapter shall” for “this shall”. 1982—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–375 struck out subsec. (b) which directed the Institute to submit an annual report to the President and Congress, including a comprehensive and detailed report of the Institute’s operations, activities, financial condition and accomplishments under this title, and which might include such recommendations related to corrections as the Institute deemed appropriate.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Inclusion of National Institute of Corrections in Federal Prison System Salaries and Expenses Budget Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a), [title I], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–11, provided in part: “That the National Institute of Corrections hereafter shall be included in the FPS Salaries and Expenses budget, in the Contract Confinement program and shall continue to perform its current functions under 18 U.S.C. 4351, et seq., with the exception of its grant program and shall collect reimbursement for services whenever possible”.

Repeals

Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 521, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1140, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–385, title III, § 307, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5152. References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5. National Training Center for Prison Drug Rehabilitation Program Personnel Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6292, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4369, which provided that the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, in consultation with persons with expertise in the field of community-based drug rehabilitation, was to establish and operate, at any suitable location, a national training center for training Federal, State, and local prison or jail officials to conduct drug rehabilitation programs for criminals convicted of drug-related crimes and for drug-dependent criminals, was editorially reclassified as section 10426 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law

§4352 Authority of Institute; time; records of recipients; access; scope of section 11 Section catchline editorially supplied.