---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptIII/ch303"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 303"
heading: "Bureau of Prisons"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptIII-ch303"
sections_count: 11
---

# Chapter 303 — Bureau of Prisons

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

## Sections

- [§4041. Bureau of Prisons; director and employees](/usc/18/4041.md)
- [§4042. Duties of Bureau of Prisons](/usc/18/4042.md)
- [§4043. Acceptance of gifts and bequests to the Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons](/usc/18/4043.md)
- [§4044. Donations on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons](/usc/18/4044.md)
- [§4045. Authority to conduct autopsies](/usc/18/4045.md)
- [§4046. Shock incarceration program](/usc/18/4046.md)
- [§4047. Prison impact assessments](/usc/18/4047.md)
- [§4048. Fees for health care services for prisoners](/usc/18/4048.md)
- [§4049. Officers and employees of the Bureau of Prisons authorized to carry oleoresin capsicum spray](/usc/18/4049.md)
- [§4050. Secure firearms storage](/usc/18/4050.md)
- [§4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals](/usc/18/4051.md)