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§60502. Definitions — Inbound Citations

34 U.S.C. § 60502

Cited by 48 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to 34 U.S.C. § 60502 as a whole

Citations to §60502(2)

  • 34 U.S.C. § 60106(h)
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    (h) For purposes of this section, the term “State” means each of the several States and the District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(1)
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    (1) to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, and help States, local units of government, and Indian Tribes, better address the growing population of criminal offenders who return to their communities and commit new crimes;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60511(a)
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    (a) From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General shall make grants to States, units of local government, territories, nonprofit organizations, and Indian Tribes to provide career training, including subsidized employment, when part of a training program, to prisoners and reentering youth and adults.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(a)
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    (a) The Attorney General may make competitive grants to States, units of local government, territories, and Indian Tribes, in accordance with this section, for the purposes of—
    (1) improving the provision of drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and
    (2) reducing the use of alcohol and other drugs by long-term substance abusers during the period in which each such long-term substance abuser is in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, and through the completion of parole or court supervision of such long-term substance abuser.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(f)(2)
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    (2) Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year, the Attorney General shall ensure that grants awarded under this section are equitably distributed among geographical regions and between urban and rural populations, including Indian Tribes, consistent with the objective of reducing recidivism among criminal offenders.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(a)
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    (a) From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General shall make grants to nonprofit organizations and Indian Tribes for the purpose of providing transitional services essential to reintegrating offenders into the community.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(c)(1)
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    (1) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization or Indian Tribe shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General may require.

Citations to §60502(3)

  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(1)
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    (1) to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, and help States, local units of government, and Indian Tribes, better address the growing population of criminal offenders who return to their communities and commit new crimes;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(2)
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    (2) to rebuild ties between offenders and their families, while the offenders are incarcerated and after reentry into the community, to promote stable families and communities;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(4)
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    (4) to protect the public and promote law-abiding conduct by providing necessary services to offenders, while the offenders are incarcerated and after reentry into the community, in a manner that does not confer luxuries or privileges upon such offenders;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(5)
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    (5) to assist offenders reentering the community from incarceration to establish a self-sustaining and law-abiding life by providing sufficient transitional services for as short of a period as practicable, not to exceed one year, unless a longer period is specifically determined to be necessary by a medical or other appropriate treatment professional; and
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(a)(6)
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    (6) to provide offenders in prisons, jails or juvenile facilities with educational, literacy, vocational, and job placement services to facilitate re-entry into the community.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(b)(5)
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    (5) The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) provided $139,000,000 in funding for State governments to develop and implement education, job training, mental health treatment, and substance abuse treatment for serious and violent offenders. This Act seeks to build upon the innovative and successful State reentry programs developed under the SVORI, which terminated after fiscal year 2005.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(b)(11)
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    (11) Family-based treatment programs have proven results for serving the special populations of female offenders and substance abusers with children. An evaluation by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of family-based treatment for substance-abusing mothers and children found that 6 months after such treatment, 60 percent of the mothers remained alcohol and drug free, and drug-related offenses declined from 28 percent to 7 percent. Additionally, a 2003 evaluation of residential family-based treatment programs revealed that 60 percent of mothers remained clean and sober 6 months after treatment, criminal arrests declined by 43 percent, and 88 percent of the children treated in the program with their mothers remained stabilized.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60501(b)(13)
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    (13) State Substance Abuse Agency Directors, also known as Single State Authorities, manage the publicly funded substance abuse prevention and treatment system of the Nation. Single State Authorities are responsible for planning and implementing statewide systems of care that provide clinically appropriate substance abuse services. Given the high rate of substance use disorders among offenders reentering our communities, successful reentry programs require close interaction and collaboration with each Single State Authority as the program is planned, implemented, and evaluated.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60511(c)(1)
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    (1) provides assessment of local demand for employees in the geographic areas to which offenders are likely to return;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60511(c)(2)
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    (2) conducts individualized reentry career planning upon the start of incarceration or post-release employment planning for each offender served under the grant;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(a)(1)
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    (1) improving the provision of drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(b)(3)
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    (3) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for offenders by providing addiction recovery support services; and
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(b)(4)
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    (4) to establish pharmacological drug treatment services as part of any drug treatment program offered by a grantee to offenders who are in a prison or jail.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60521(f)(2)
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    (2) Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year, the Attorney General shall ensure that grants awarded under this section are equitably distributed among geographical regions and between urban and rural populations, including Indian Tribes, consistent with the objective of reducing recidivism among criminal offenders.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(a)
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    (a) From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General shall make grants to nonprofit organizations and Indian Tribes for the purpose of providing transitional services essential to reintegrating offenders into the community.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(b)(1)
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    (1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders during incarceration, through transition back to the community, and post-release;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(b)(2)
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    (2) transitional services to assist in the reintegration of offenders into the community, including—
    (A) educational, literacy, and vocational, services and the Transitional Jobs strategy;
    (B) substance abuse treatment and services;
    (C) coordinated supervision and services for offenders, including physical health care and comprehensive housing and mental health care;
    (D) family services; and
    (E) validated assessment tools to assess the risk factors of returning inmates; and
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(b)(2)(C)
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    (C) coordinated supervision and services for offenders, including physical health care and comprehensive housing and mental health care;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(b)(3)
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    (3) training regarding offender and victims issues.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(c)(2)(A)
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    (A) includes a plan to implement activities that have been demonstrated effective in facilitating the successful reentry of offenders; and
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(c)(2)(B)
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    (B) provides for an independent evaluation that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, random assignment of offenders to program delivery and control groups.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60531(d)
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    (d) The Attorney General shall require each applicant under this section to identify specific performance outcomes related to the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing recidivism (using a measure that is consistent with the research undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics under section 60551(b)(6) of this title), and reintegrating offenders into the community.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60533(a)
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    (a) Not later than 90 days after April 9, 2008, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall, in order to promote stability and continued assistance to offenders after release from prison, adopt and implement a policy to ensure that any person who provides mentoring services to an incarcerated offender is permitted to continue such services after that offender is released from prison. That policy shall permit the continuation of mentoring services unless the Director demonstrates that such services would be a significant security risk to the released offender, incarcerated offenders, persons who provide such services, or any other person.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(a)(1)(D)
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    (D) ensure that priority is given to the reentry needs of high-risk populations, such as sex offenders, career criminals, and prisoners with mental health problems;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(c)
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    (c) The Attorney General shall take such steps as are necessary to modify the procedures and policies of the Department of Justice with respect to the transition of offenders from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to the community—
    (1) to enhance case planning and implementation of reentry programs, policies, and guidelines;
    (2) to improve such transition to the community, including placement of such individuals in community corrections facilities; and
    (3) to foster the development of collaborative partnerships with stakeholders at the national, State, and local levels to facilitate the exchange of information and the development of resources to enhance opportunities for successful offender reentry.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(c)(3)
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    (3) to foster the development of collaborative partnerships with stakeholders at the national, State, and local levels to facilitate the exchange of information and the development of resources to enhance opportunities for successful offender reentry.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(1)(A)
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    (A) The Attorney General shall conduct a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of removing eligible elderly offenders and eligible terminally ill offenders from Bureau of Prisons facilities and placing such offenders on home detention until the expiration of the prison term to which the offender was sentenced.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(1)(B)
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    (B) In carrying out a pilot program as described in subparagraph (A), the Attorney General may release some or all eligible elderly offenders and eligible terminally ill offenders from Bureau of Prisons facilities to home detention, upon written request from either the Bureau of Prisons or an eligible elderly offender or eligible terminally ill offender.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(1)(C)
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    (C) The Attorney General is authorized to waive the requirements of section 3624 of title 18 as necessary to provide for the release of some or all eligible elderly offenders and eligible terminally ill offenders from Bureau of Prisons facilities to home detention for the purposes of the pilot program under this subsection.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(2)
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    (2) A violation by an eligible elderly offender or eligible terminally ill offender of the terms of home detention (including the commission of another Federal, State, or local crime) shall result in the removal of that offender from home detention and the return of that offender to the designated Bureau of Prisons institution in which that offender was imprisoned immediately before placement on home detention under paragraph (1), or to another appropriate Bureau of Prisons institution, as determined by the Bureau of Prisons.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(4)
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    (4) The Attorney General shall monitor and evaluate each eligible elderly offender or eligible terminally ill offender placed on home detention under this section, and shall report to Congress concerning the experience with the program at the end of the period described in paragraph (3). The Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the United States probation offices shall provide such assistance and carry out such functions as the Attorney General may request in monitoring, supervising, providing services to, and evaluating eligible elderly offenders and eligible terminally ill offenders released to home detention under this section.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(5)(A)
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    (A) The term “eligible elderly offender” means an offender in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons—
    (i) who is not less than 60 years of age;
    (ii) who is serving a term of imprisonment that is not life imprisonment based on conviction for an offense or offenses that do not include any crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18), sex offense (as defined in section 20911(5) of this title), offense described in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, or offense under chapter 37 of title 18, and has served ⅔ of the term of imprisonment to which the offender was sentenced;
    (iii) who has not been convicted in the past of any Federal or State crime of violence, sex offense, or other offense described in clause (ii);
    (iv) who has not been determined by the Bureau of Prisons, on the basis of information the Bureau uses to make custody classifications, and in the sole discretion of the Bureau, to have a history of violence, or of engaging in conduct constituting a sex offense or other offense described in clause (ii);
    (v) who has not escaped, or attempted to escape, from a Bureau of Prisons institution;
    (vi) with respect to whom the Bureau of Prisons has determined that release to home detention under this section will result in a substantial net reduction of costs to the Federal Government; and
    (vii) who has been determined by the Bureau of Prisons to be at no substantial risk of engaging in criminal conduct or of endangering any person or the public if released to home detention.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(5)(A)(ii)
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    (ii) who is serving a term of imprisonment that is not life imprisonment based on conviction for an offense or offenses that do not include any crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18), sex offense (as defined in section 20911(5) of this title), offense described in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, or offense under chapter 37 of title 18, and has served ⅔ of the term of imprisonment to which the offender was sentenced;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60541(g)(5)(D)
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    (D) The term “eligible terminally ill offender” means an offender in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons who—
    (i) is serving a term of imprisonment based on conviction for an offense or offenses that do not include any crime of violence (as defined in section 16(a) of title 18), sex offense (as defined in section 20911(5) of this title), offense described in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, or offense under chapter 37 of title 18;
    (ii) satisfies the criteria specified in clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (A); and
    (iii) has been determined by a medical doctor approved by the Bureau of Prisons to be—
    (I) in need of care at a nursing home, intermediate care facility, or assisted living facility, as those terms are defined in section 1715w of title 12; or
    (II) diagnosed with a terminal illness.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60551(a)
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    (a) The National Institute of Justice may conduct research on juvenile and adult offender reentry, including—
    (1) a study identifying the number and characteristics of minor children who have had a parent incarcerated, and the likelihood of such minor children becoming adversely involved in the criminal justice system some time in their lifetime;
    (2) a study identifying a mechanism to compare rates of recidivism (including rearrest, violations of parole, probation, post-incarceration supervision, and reincarceration) among States; and
    (3) a study on the population of offenders released from custody who do not engage in recidivism and the characteristics (housing, employment, treatment, family connection) of that population.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60551(a)(3)
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    (3) a study on the population of offenders released from custody who do not engage in recidivism and the characteristics (housing, employment, treatment, family connection) of that population.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60551(b)
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    (b) The Bureau of Justice Statistics may conduct research on offender reentry, including—
    (1) an analysis of special populations (including prisoners with mental illness or substance abuse disorders, female offenders, juvenile offenders, offenders with limited English proficiency, and the elderly) that present unique reentry challenges;
    (2) studies to determine which offenders are returning to prison, jail, or a juvenile facility and which of those returning offenders represent the greatest risk to victims and community safety;
    (3) annual reports on the demographic characteristics of the population reentering society from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;
    (4) a national recidivism study every 3 years;
    (5) a study of parole, probation, or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations; and
    (6) a study concerning the most appropriate measure to be used when reporting recidivism rates (whether rearrest, reincarceration, or any other valid, evidence-based measure).
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60551(b)(1)
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    (1) an analysis of special populations (including prisoners with mental illness or substance abuse disorders, female offenders, juvenile offenders, offenders with limited English proficiency, and the elderly) that present unique reentry challenges;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 60551(b)(2)
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    (2) studies to determine which offenders are returning to prison, jail, or a juvenile facility and which of those returning offenders represent the greatest risk to victims and community safety;

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