Title 18 › PART III — PRISONS AND PRISONERS › CHAPTER 307 — EMPLOYMENT › § 4125
The Attorney General may offer the labor of United States prisoners to federal department heads for agreed jobs and pay. Those jobs can include building or fixing roads, levees, and other public works, and caring for public lands paid for by Congress. The Attorney General may set up and run prison camps off Indian reservations to hold people convicted of federal crimes. Costs come from the appropriation "Support of United States prisoners," which may be repaid at the Attorney General’s choice. He can pay prisoners or their families small earnings under his rules. All other federal prison laws still apply to prisoners sent to these camps.
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18 U.S.C. § 4125
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102