Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§705 Imprisonment
Title 22 › CHAPTER 13 — SERVICE COURTS OF FRIENDLY FOREIGN FORCES › § 705
Summary
People sentenced to prison by a military court of an allied country may be held in U.S. military jails, prisons, or other U.S. detention facilities, and the allied government must pay the cost.
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Title 22, §705
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Persons sentenced to imprisonment by a service court of a friendly foreign force may be confined in disciplinary barracks, guardhouses, or other places of detention of the United States armed forces or in penitentiaries or other institutions employed by the United States for the detention or treatment of prisoners, at the expense of the state on whose behalf the prisoner is detained.
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22 U.S.C. § 705
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102