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title: "18 U.S.C. § 4081"
description: "Classification and treatment of prisoners"
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title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 4081 - Classification and treatment of prisoners
## Text
The Federal penal and correctional institutions shall be so planned and limited in size as to facilitate the development of an integrated system which will assure the proper classification and segregation of Federal prisoners according to the nature of the offenses committed, the character and mental condition of the prisoners, and such other factors as should be considered in providing an individualized system of discipline, care, and treatment of the persons committed to such institutions.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 907 (May 27, 1930, ch. 339, § 7, 46 Stat. 390). Language of section is so changed as to make one policy for all institutions, thus clarifying the manifest intent of Congress. Minor changes were made in phraseology.