Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§949u Execution of Confinement
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 47A — MILITARY COMMISSIONS › SUBCHAPTER VI — SENTENCES › § 949u
Summary
Under rules set by the Secretary of Defense, a person sentenced by a military commission may be confined in a military facility or in U.S. or allied prisons the United States may use. If held in a nonmilitary prison, they must follow the same rules and get the same treatment as other prisoners there.
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Title 10, §949u
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(a)In General.—
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)Treatment During Confinement by Other Than the Armed Forces.—
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110