Reading Room Document

Interpretation of recent amendment of 18 U.S.C. 4082

The document is a response to a memorandum requesting the views of the Office of Legal Counsel on two questions raised by the D.C. Department of Corrections. The questions pertain to the authorization of community visits by inmates of D.C. prisons and the assignment or transfer of inmates to community treatment facilities for work release purposes. The conclusion reached in the document is that the provisions of P.L. 89-176 are broad enough to authorize both actions by the Attorney General or his authorized representative. The document also discusses the applicability of the Act to inmates of D.C. prisons and the interpretation of D.C. Code § 24-425 in relation to the Attorney General's discretionary authority.

October 7, 1965