US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 887b

Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction

(a)

Escape From Correctional Custody .—

Any person subject to this chapter—
(1)
who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2)
who, while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and
(3)
who escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b)

Breach of Correctional Custody .—

Any person subject to this chapter—
(1)
who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2)
who, while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and
(3)
who goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(c)

Breach of Restriction .—

Any person subject to this chapter—
(1)
who is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and
(2)
who, with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5407130 Stat. 2941(Added , , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328section 801 of this titleSection effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under .