---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptIII/ch301"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 301"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptIII-ch301"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 301 — General Provisions

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part III — Prisons and Prisoners

## Sections

- [§4001. Limitation on detention; control of prisons](/usc/18/4001.md)
- [§4002. Federal prisoners in State institutions; employment](/usc/18/4002.md)
- [§4003. Federal institutions in States without appropriate facilities](/usc/18/4003.md)
- [§4004. Oaths and acknowledgments](/usc/18/4004.md)
- [§4005. Medical relief; expenses](/usc/18/4005.md)
- [§4006. Subsistence for prisoners](/usc/18/4006.md)
- [§4007. Expenses of prisoners](/usc/18/4007.md)
- [§4008. Transportation expenses](/usc/18/4008.md)
- [§4009. Appropriations for sites and buildings](/usc/18/4009.md)
- [§4010. Acquisition of additional land](/usc/18/4010.md)
- [§4011. Disposition of cash collections for meals, laundry, etc.](/usc/18/4011.md)
- [§4012. Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband](/usc/18/4012.md)
- [§4013. Support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions](/usc/18/4013.md)
- [§4014. Testing for human immunodeficiency virus](/usc/18/4014.md)