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Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102

§4321 Board of Advisers

Title 18 › PART III — PRISONS AND PRISONERS › CHAPTER 317 — INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN › § 4321

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Board of Advisers for the Federal Reformatory for Women made up of four prominent U.S. citizens appointed by the President (they are not paid and serve four-year terms), plus the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and the reformatory’s warden. The Board must recommend ways to discipline and train inmates so they can get suitable jobs after release. If someone is picked to fill a vacancy, they only serve the rest of that four-year term.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §4321

Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

18 U.S.C. § 4321

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102