§ 4007. — Expenses of prisoners.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC4007]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4007. Expenses of prisoners
The expenses attendant upon the confinement of persons arrested or
committed under the laws of the United States, as well as upon the
execution of any sentence of a court thereof respecting them, shall be
paid out of the Treasury of the United States in the manner provided by
law.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 848.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 701 (R.S. Sec. 5536).
Provision authorizing expenses for transportation was omitted as
covered by similar provision in section 4008 of this title.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
Payment of Costs of Incarceration by Federal Prisoners
Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7301, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat.
4463, provided that: ``Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this section [Nov. 18, 1988], the United States Sentencing Commission
shall study the feasibility of requiring prisoners incarcerated in
Federal correctional institutions to pay some or all of the costs
incident to the prisoner's confinement, including, but not limited to,
the costs of food, housing, and shelter. The study shall review measures
which would allow prisoners unable to pay such costs to work at paid
employment within the community, during incarceration or after release,
in order to pay the costs incident to the prisoner's confinement.''
