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GGD-83-40 1 (1983-03-09)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES




Legislative Changes Are Needed To More

Efficiently And Equitably Handle Certain Cases

Under The Federal Youth Corrections Act




GAO is recommending that the Congress

  --eliminate the disparity in the terms of proba-
    tion that judges and magistrates are autho-
    rized to impose under the Federal Youth
    Corrections Act for petty offenses and misde-
    meanors,

  --limit the sentences of incarceration that dis-
    trict court judges may impose on youthful
    offenders for petty offenses and misdemea-
    nors to those that may be imposed on adult
    offenders, and

  --terminate the involvement of the United
    States Parole Commission and the Federal
    Probation System in cases where youthful
    offenders have been sentenced to incarcer-
    ation for petty offenses and misdemeanors.
These changes would (1) enable judges and mag-
istrates to more consistently handle cases involv-
ing youthful offenders and (2) relieve the United
States Parole Commission and the Federal Pro-
bation System of the responsibility for carrying
out certain unproductive activities.


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                                                         GAO/GGD-83-40
      OU -                                                MARCH 9, 1983

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