---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch136/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Prisons"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch136-schI"
sections_count: 24
---

# Subchapter I — Prisons

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 136 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

## Contents

- [Part A — Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants](/usc/42/ch136-schI-ptA.md)
- [Part B — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch136-schI-ptB.md)