18 USC § 4081 - Classification and treatment of prisoners

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title: "18 USC § 4081 - Classification and treatment of prisoners"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4081"
section_name: "Classification and treatment of prisoners"
chapter_number: 305
chapter_name: "COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850.)"
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# § 4081. Classification and treatment of prisoners

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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 907 (, ).

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.