Omnibus Correctional Reform Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Omnibus Correctional Reform Act - Finds that the correctional system of the United States is underfinanced and overtaxed and that the goal of improving the nation's correctional system can best be achieved by the creation of State and local small, community-based correctional facilities. Title I: Provides that no State plan under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be approved unless within two years of the passage of the Act it provides that 40 percent of the Federal assistance granted to the State planning agency shall be allocated to the improvement of correctional programs by providing a satisfactory twenty year program for phasing out large prisons and replacing them with small correctional facilities located in the communities from which the majority of offenders come. Title II: Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the purposes of the title $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Apportions the sums among the States and territories. Sets forth criteria for the State plans required by the Act and policies and procedures for evaluating these …