Title 18
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Title 18
Title 18
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Limitation on detention; control of prisons
Federal prisoners in State institutions; employment
Federal institutions in States without appropriate facilities
Oaths and acknowledgments
Medical relief; expenses
Subsistence for prisoners
Expenses of prisoners
Transportation expenses
Appropriations for sites and buildings
Acquisition of additional land
Disposition of cash collections for meals, laundry, etc.
Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband
Support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions
Testing for human immunodeficiency virus