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18 U.S.C. § 3050 — Bureau of Prisons employees’ powers

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18 U.S.C. § 3050 — Bureau of Prisons employees’ powers

An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may— (1) make arrests on or off of Bureau of Prisons property without warrant for violations of the following provisions regardless of where the violation may occur: sections 111 (assaulting officers), 751 (escape), and 752 (assisting escape) of title 18, United States Code, and section 1826(c) (escape) of title 28, United States Code; (2) make arrests on Bureau of Prisons premises or reservation land of a penal, detention, or correctional facility without warrant for violations occurring thereon of the following provisions: sections 661 (theft), 1361 (depredation of property), 1363 (destruction of property), 1791 (contraband), 1792 (mutiny and riot), and 1793 (trespass) of title 18, United States Code; and (3) arrest without warrant for any other offense described in title 18 or 21 of the United States Code, if committed on the premises or reservation of a penal or correctional facility of the Bureau of Prisons if necessary to safeguard security, good order, or government property; if such officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the arrested person is guilty of such offense, and if there is likelihood of such person’s escaping before an arrest warrant can be obtained. If the arrested person is a fugitive from custody, such prisoner shall be returned to custody. Officers and employees of the said Bureau of Prisons may carry firearms under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe.

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An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may— (1) make arrests on or off of Bureau of Prisons property without warrant for violations of the following provisions regardless of where the violation may occur: sections 111 (assaulting officers), 751 (escape), and 752 (assisting escape) of title 18, United States Code, and section 1826(c) (escape) of title 28, United States Code; (2) make arrests on Bureau of Prisons premises or reservation land of a penal, detention, or correctional facility without warrant for violations occurring thereon of the following provisions: sections 661 (theft), 1361 (depredation of property), 1363 (destruction of property), 1791 (contraband), 1792 (mutiny and riot), and 1793 (trespass) of title 18, United States Code; and (3) arrest without warrant for any other offense described in title 18 or 21 of the United States Code, if committed on the premises or reservation of a penal or correctional facility of the Bureau of Prisons if necessary to safeguard security, good order, or government property; if such officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the arrested person is guilty of such offense, and if there is likelihood of such person’s escaping before an arrest warrant can be obtained. If the arrested person is a fugitive from custody, such prisoner shall be returned to custody. Officers and employees of the said Bureau of Prisons may carry firearms under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe.

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18 U.S.C. § 1792 — Mutiny and riot prohibited

Whoever instigates, connives, willfully attempts to cause, assists, or conspires to cause any mutiny or riot, at any Federal penal, detention, or correctional facility, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined under this title, or both.

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18 U.S.C. § 3050 — Bureau of Prisons employees’ powers

Page 691 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 3051 1 So in original. The words ‘‘Special Agents’’ probably should not be capitalized. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 90–578, title III, § 301(a)(3), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1115; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1968—Pub. L. 90–578 substituted ‘‘magistrate’’ for ‘‘commissioner’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Words ‘‘magistrate judge’’ substituted for ‘‘mag- istrate’’ in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 3049. Warrant for removal Only one writ or warrant is necessary to re- move a prisoner from one district to another. One copy thereof may be delivered to the sheriff or jailer from whose custody the prisoner is taken, and another to the sheriff or jailer to whose custody he is committed, and the original writ, with the marshal’s return thereon, shall be returned to the clerk of the district to which he is removed. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 604 (R.S. § 1029). § 3050. Bureau of Prisons employees’ powers An officer or employee of the Bureau of Pris- ons may— (1) make arrests on or off of Bureau of Pris- ons property without warrant for violations of the following provisions regardless of where the violation may occur: sections 111 (assault- ing officers), 751 (escape), and 752 (assisting es- cape) of title 18, United States Code, and sec- tion 1826(c) (escape) of title 28, United States Code; (2) make arrests on Bureau of Prisons prem- ises or reservation land of a penal, detention, or correctional facility with

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