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US Code · Through Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 887b: Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction

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  1. Title 10—ARMED FORCES
  2. CHAPTER 47—UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

(a) Escape From Correctional Custody.—Any person subject to this chapter—(1) who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so; (2) who, while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and (3) who escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Breach of Correctional Custody.—Any person subject to this chapter—(1) who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so; (2) who, while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and (3) who goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (c) Breach of Restriction.—Any person subject to this chapter—(1) who is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and (2) who, with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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