Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§1132 Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1132
Summary
Service members may not enter jails or prisons to give military awards to people convicted of serious violent felonies. Decoration = any military award; "serious violent felony" = federal-law definition.
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Title 10, §1132
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(a)A member of the armed forces may not enter a Federal, State, local, or foreign correctional facility to present a decoration to a person who is incarcerated due to conviction of a serious violent felony.
(b)In this section:
(1)The term “decoration” means any decoration or award that may be presented or awarded to a member of the armed forces.
(2)The term “serious violent felony” has the meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.
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10 U.S.C. § 1132
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73