Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§5040 Support
Title 18 › Part PART IV— - CORRECTION OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS › Chapter CHAPTER 403— - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY › § 5040
Summary
The Attorney General can hire public or private agencies or community programs to hold and care for juveniles in custody. He can make rules for that and use prison‑support or other government funds.
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Title 18, §5040
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The Attorney General may contract with any public or private agency or individual and such community-based facilities as halfway houses and foster homes for the observation and study and the custody and care of juveniles in his custody. For these purposes, the Attorney General may promulgate such regulations as are necessary and may use the appropriation for “support of United States prisoners” or such other appropriations as he may designate.
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Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 510, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1138, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–385, title III, § 307, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5152.
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18 U.S.C. § 5040
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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