Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§949u Execution of confinement
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Summary
The Secretary of Defense may make rules that let someone sentenced by a military commission serve their time either in military detention or in a U.S. or allied prison the United States can use. If they are held in a non-military prison, they must be treated and disciplined the same as other prisoners there.
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Title 10, §949u
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(a)Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, a sentence of confinement adjudged by a military commission under this chapter may be carried into execution by confinement—
(1)in any place of confinement under the control of any of the armed forces; or
(2)in any penal or correctional institution under the control of the United States or its allies, or which the United States may be allowed to use.
(b)Persons confined under subsection (a)(2) in a penal or correctional institution not under the control of an armed force are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed by the courts of the United States or of the State, District of Columbia, or place in which the institution is situated.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 949u, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2617, related to execution of a sentence of confinement, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.
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10 U.S.C. § 949u
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73