18 USC § 4123 - New industries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s4123"
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title: "18 USC § 4123 - New industries"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4123"
section_name: "New industries"
chapter_number: 307
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 851.)"
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# § 4123. New industries

Any industry established under this chapter shall be so operated as not to curtail the production of any existing arsenal, navy yard, or other Government workshop.

Such forms of employment shall be provided as will give the inmates of all Federal penal and correctional institutions a maximum opportunity to acquire a knowledge and skill in trades and occupations which will provide them with a means of earning a livelihood upon release.

The industries may be either within the precincts of any penal or correctional institution or in any convenient locality where an existing property may be obtained by lease, purchase, or otherwise.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 851.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 744c (, ).

A part of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in .

References to the Attorney General were omitted because , U.S.C., 1940 ed., as originally enacted, provided for the transfer to Federal Prison Industries of the powers and duties then vested in the Attorney General.

References to “this chapter” were substituted for “this section” since the general authority to establish and supervise prison industries is contained in this chapter.

Minor changes of phraseology were made.