[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 18USC4121]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 307--EMPLOYMENT
Sec. 4121. Federal Prison Industries; board of directors
``Federal Prison Industries'', a government corporation of the
District of Columbia, shall be administered by a board of six directors,
appointed by the President to serve at the will of the President without
compensation.
The directors shall be representatives of (1) industry, (2) labor,
(3) agriculture, (4) retailers and consumers, (5) the Secretary of
Defense, and (6) the Attorney General, respectively.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 851; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 62,
63 Stat. 98.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 744i, 744j (June 23,
1934, ch. 736, Secs. 1, 2, 48 Stat. 1211).
Section consolidates sections 744i and 744j of title 18, U.S.C.,
1940 ed. The former was rewritten omitting unnecessary recital as to
policy and expressing the original language of the two sections more
logically.
Changes were made in transportation and phraseology.
1949 Act
This section [section 62] incorporates in section 4121 of title 18,
U.S.C., with changes in phraseology, the provisions of section 3 of act
of June 29, 1948 (ch. 719, 62 Stat. 1100), which was enacted subsequent
to the enactment of the revision of title 18 and which provided for
appointment of an additional member of the board of directors of the
Federal Prison Industries, as a representative of the Secretary of
Defense.
Amendments
1949--Act May 24, 1949, made a representative of the Secretary of
Defense a member of the board of directors.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (together with its Board of
Directors), and its functions transferred to Department of Justice to be
administered under general direction and supervision of Attorney
General, by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 3(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4
F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1431, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. See, also, Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950,
Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, and section 509
of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Mandatory Work Requirement for All Prisoners
Pub. L. 101-647, title XXIX, Sec. 2905, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat.
4914, provided that:
``(a) In General.--(1) It is the policy of the Federal Government
that convicted inmates confined in Federal prisons, jails, and other
detention facilities shall work. The type of work in which they will be
involved shall be dictated by appropriate security considerations and by
the health of the prisoner involved.
``(2) A Federal prisoner may be excused from the requirement to work
only as necessitated by--
``(A) security considerations;
``(B) disciplinary action;
``(C) medical certification of disability such as would make it
impracticable for prison officials to arrange useful work for the
prisoner to perform; or
``(D) a need for the prisoner to work less than a full work
schedule in order to participate in literacy training, drug
rehabilitation, or similar programs in addition to the work
program.''
Closure of McNeil Island Penitentiary; Report on Status of Federal
Prison Industries
Pub. L. 95-624, Sec. 10, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3463, provided that:
``(a) On or before September 1, 1979, the Attorney General shall
submit
