---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 12241"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "12241"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/12241"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
  - "Subchapter II — Crime Prevention"
  - "Part G — Family Unity Demonstration Project"
---

# §12241. Purpose


The purpose of this part is to evaluate the effectiveness of certain demonstration projects in helping to—

- (1) alleviate the harm to children and primary caretaker parents caused by separation due to the incarceration of the parents;
- (2) reduce recidivism rates of prisoners by encouraging strong and supportive family relationships; and
- (3) explore the cost effectiveness of community correctional facilities.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31902, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1892.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 13881 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

For short title of subtitle S of title III of Pub. L. 103–322, which is classified to this part, as the “Family Unity Demonstration Project Act”, see section 31901 of Pub. L. 103–322, set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under section 10101 of this title.