---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch21D"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 21D"
heading: "Detainee Treatment"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch21D"
sections_count: 4
---

# Chapter 21D — Detainee Treatment

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§2000dd. Prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States Government](/usc/42/2000dd.md)
- [§2000dd–0. Additional prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment](/usc/42/2000dd-0.md)
- [§2000dd–1. Protection of United States Government personnel engaged in authorized interrogations](/usc/42/2000dd-1.md)
- [§2000dd–2. Limitation on interrogation techniques](/usc/42/2000dd-2.md)