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§60101 Findings

Title 34 › Subtitle VI — Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › CHAPTER 601 — PRISONS › § 60101

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must oversee private companies that move violent prisoners. States are using those companies more. Trips can take days or weeks as prisoners move through a network of hubs. Escapes have happened during these transports. Most governments prefer sworn officers, but cost or logistics sometimes make private transporters an option. The law does not force any government to hire private firms, but if a government does hire them, the companies must follow rules to protect public safety.

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Title 34, §60101

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Congress finds the following:
(1)Increasingly, States are turning to private prisoner transport companies as an alternative to their own personnel or the United States Marshals Service when transporting violent prisoners.
(2)The transport process can last for days if not weeks, as violent prisoners are dropped off and picked up at a network of hubs across the country.
(3)Escapes by violent prisoners during transport by private prisoner transport companies have occurred.
(4)Oversight by the Attorney General is required to address these problems.
(5)While most governmental entities may prefer to use, and will continue to use, fully trained and sworn law enforcement officers when transporting violent prisoners, fiscal or logistical concerns may make the use of highly specialized private prisoner transport companies an option. Nothing in sections 60101 to 60104 of this title should be construed to mean that governmental entities should contract with private prisoner transport companies to move violent prisoners; however when a government entity opts to use a private prisoner transport company to move violent prisoners, then the company should be subject to regulation in order to enhance public safety.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13726 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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For

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of Pub. L. 106–560, which is classified to sections 60101 to 60104 of this title, as the “Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000” and also as “Jeanna’s Act”, see section 1 of Pub. L. 106–560, set out as a

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of 2000 Act note under section 10101 of this title. Guidelines for States Regarding Infectious Diseases in Correctional Institutions Pub. L. 105–370, § 2(c), Nov. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 3375, provided that: “Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 1998], the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide to the several States proposed guidelines for the prevention, detection, and treatment of incarcerated persons and correctional employees who have, or may be exposed to, infectious diseases in correctional institutions.”

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 60101

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102