{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-4083","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 4083","heading":"Penitentiary imprisonment; consent","body":"Persons convicted of offenses against the United States or by courts-martial punishable by imprisonment for more than one year may be confined in any United States penitentiary. A sentence for an offense punishable by imprisonment for one year or less shall not be served in a penitentiary without the consent of the defendant.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 305—COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"f296d4b533e0a8b9b20710d4de276dfbe516d1430fcaa385cd3c47b1a61c0f50","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-4082","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-4084-4085"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}