10 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Section 951: Establishment; organization; administration

Search 10 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Section 951: Establishment; organization; administration

(a) The Secretaries concerned may provide for the establishment
of such military correctional facilities as are necessary for the
confinement of offenders against chapter 47 of this title.
(b) The Secretary concerned shall -
(1) designate an officer for each armed force under his
jurisdiction to administer military correctional facilities
established under this chapter;
(2) provide for the education, training, rehabilitation, and
welfare of offenders confined in a military correctional facility
of his department; and
(3) provide for the organization and equipping of offenders
selected for training with a view to their honorable restoration
to duty or possible reenlistment.
(c) There shall be an officer in command of each major military
correctional facility. Under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary concerned, the officer in command shall have custody and
control of offenders confined within the facility which he
commands, and shall usefully employ those offenders as he considers
best for their health and reformation, with a view to their
restoration to duty, enlistment for future service, or return to
civilian life as useful citizens.
(d) There may be made or repaired at each military correctional
facility such supplies for the armed forces or other agencies of
the United States as can properly and economically be made or
repaired at such facilities.