SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SEss . II. CH. 340. 1930 .
391 CHA P. 340 .-An Act To pr ov ide for the diversification of empl oyment of May 27, 19 30. Federal prisoners, for their training and schooling in trades and occupations , [H. x.7412.] and for other purposes .
[Public, No . 271 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o America in Congress assembled That it shall be United States courts . f
Federal prisoners . the d uty of th e Attorne y General to provid e employm ent for a ll pro ploy men withbe physically fit inmates in the United States penal and correctional competing with private institutions in such diversified forms as will reduce to a minimum industry, etc. competition with private industry or free labor . SEC. 2. The Attorney General may make available the services of Services of, available y
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for road co nstructi on, United States prisoners to the heads of the several departments clearing ring public lands, under such terms, conditions, and at such rates as may be mutually agreed upon, for the purpose of constructing or repairing roads the cost of which is borne exclusively by the United States ; clearing, maintaining, and reforesting public lands ; building levees ; and for construction or repairing any other public ways or works which are or may be financed wholly or in major part by funds appropriated from the Treasury of the United States . To carry out the purpose lie Camps eitooe esZab- of t his se ction the At torney Gener al may estab lish, equip, and m ain- ins out provisions . tain camps upon sites selected by him and designate such camps as a plac e for confin ement of per sons c onvict ed of an off ense a gainst the laws of the United States, or transfer thereto any person convicted of any offense against the laws of the United States . The expenses Payment of expenses. of transferring and maintaining prisoners at such camps shall be paid from the appropriation " Support of United States prisoners," and said appropriation may, in the discretion of the Attorney Gen- eral, be re imburs ed for such expens es . SEC . 3 . The Attorney General shall establish such industries as tabsusti foes top o peau- will produce articles and commodities for consumption in United tion of articles for States penal and correctional institutions or for sale to the depart- pri son cons umption, or for sale to Goernm vernme nt ments and inde pendent e stablishme nts of th e Federal Governme nt dep artments , etc ° and not for sale to the public in competition with private enterprise Provided, That any industry established under authority of this Act p . odc in Gov- be so operated as not to curtail the production within its present ernmentworksbopsnot limits, of any existing arsenal, navy yard, or other Government t•To curtaile d pportu- workshop . In establishing said industries the Attorney General of inmates . forehabilitation shall provide such forms of employment in the Federal penal and correctional institutions as will give the inmates a maximum oppor- tunity to acquire a knowledge and skill in trades and occupations which will provide them with a means of earning a livelihood upon release . The industries to be established by the Attorney General Locations for sites . under authority of this section may be either within the precincts of any penal or correctional institution or in any convenient locality where an existing property may be obtained by lease, purchase, or otherwise . SE C. 4. In liei~6 of the working-capital funds authorized for the in cons oli date d d w cre- textile mill at the Atlanta Penitentiary by the Act approved July ated in lieu of author- 10, 1918 (chapter 144, Fortieth Statute, page 897 ; section 799, title iZol .40,sp .897 . 18, United States Code), and for the shoe factory at the Leaven- U. . C., p. 819. worth P enitentia ry by the Act appro ved Febru ary 11 1924 (chap- U.S. C.,p. 518. ter 17, Fort y-th ird Sta tute , p age 7; section 772, title 18, United States Code), there is hereby created a consolidated prison industries worki ng-cap ital f und wh ich sh all be avail able f or car rying on ind us- trial enterprises at any of the several Federal penal and correctional institutions heretofore or hereafter established . SE C. 5 . All money appropriated for or now on deposit with the r Tr ansfers from sep a- ate funds to the con- Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the said working- solidated fund herein capital funds at Atlanta Penitentiary and Leavenworth Penitentiary, shall be credited to the consolidated prison industries working-
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