§12109 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§12109 Payments for incarceration on tribal lands

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 121— - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PRISONS › Part Part A— - Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants › § 12109

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must set aside $35,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to give grants to Indian tribes. The money can pay to build and keep jails on Indian land, hire private firms to help build jails faster, create alternatives to jail, build tribal justice centers that put police, courts, and corrections together, or help groups of tribes build and run regional detention centers for long-term incarceration. Tribes or groups of tribes must apply in the form the Attorney General requires. When awarding grants, the Attorney General will look at reservation crime rates, tribal court convictions, and bed needs. The federal government will pay 100% of grant costs. Within 1 year after July 29, 2010, the Attorney General must give Congress a long-term plan for incarceration in Indian country, covering jail construction and operation (adult and juvenile), contracts with state/local jails (with tribal approval), alternatives to incarceration, and whether federal jails are needed.

Title 34, §12109

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, of amounts made available to the Attorney General to carry out programs relating to offender incarceration, the Attorney General shall reserve $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out this section.

(b)(1)From the amounts reserved under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall provide grants—

(A)to Indian tribes for purposes of—

(i)construction and maintenance of jails on Indian land for the incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction;

(ii)entering into contracts with private entities to increase the efficiency of the construction of tribal jails; and

(iii)developing and implementing alternatives to incarceration in tribal jails;

(B)to Indian tribes for the construction of tribal justice centers that combine tribal police, courts, and corrections services to address violations of tribal civil and criminal laws;

(C)to consortia of Indian tribes for purposes of constructing and operating regional detention centers on Indian land for long-term incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction, as the applicable consortium determines to be appropriate.

(2)in 11 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. providing grants under this subsection, the Attorney General shall take into consideration applicable—

(A)reservation crime rates;

(B)annual tribal court convictions; and

(C)bed space needs.

(3)Because of the Federal nature and responsibility for providing public safety on Indian land, the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a grant under this subsection shall be 100 percent.

(c)To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consortium of Indian tribes, as applicable, shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may by regulation require.

(d)Not later than 1 year after July 29, 2010, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with tribal leaders, tribal law enforcement officers, and tribal corrections officials, shall submit to Congress a long-term plan to address incarceration in Indian country, including—

(1)a description of proposed activities for—

(A)construction, operation, and maintenance of juvenile (in accordance with section 2453(a)(3) of title 25) and adult detention facilities (including regional facilities) in Indian country;

(B)contracting with State and local detention centers, on approval of the affected tribal governments; and

(C)alternatives to incarceration, developed in cooperation with tribal court systems;

(2)an assessment and consideration of the construction of Federal detention facilities in Indian country; and

(3)any other alternatives as the Attorney General, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with Indian tribes, determines to be necessary.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13709 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 20109 of Pub. L. 103–322, title II, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1818, authorized appropriations prior to the general amendment of subtitle A of title II of Pub. L. 103–322 by Pub. L. 104–134.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–211, § 244(a), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this part other than section 13708(a)(2) of this title, from amounts appropriated to carry out section 13703 and 13704 of this title, the Attorney General shall reserve, to carry out this section— “(1) 0.3 percent in each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and “(2) 0.2 percent in each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–211, § 244(b)(1), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “From the amounts reserved under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General may make grants to Indian tribes for the purposes of constructing jails on tribal lands for the incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–211, § 244(b)(2), inserted “or consortium of Indian tribes, as applicable,” after “Indian tribe”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–211, § 244(b)(3), added subsec. (d).