§ 4046. — Shock incarceration program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC4046]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 303--BUREAU OF PRISONS
Sec. 4046. Shock incarceration program
(a) The Bureau of Prisons may place in a shock incarceration program
any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 12,
but not more than 30, months, if such person consents to that placement.
(b) For such initial portion of the term of imprisonment as the
Bureau of Prisons may determine, not to exceed 6 months, an inmate in
the shock incarceration program shall be required to--
(1) adhere to a highly regimented schedule that provides the
strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, drill, and
ceremony characteristic of military basic training; and
(2) participate in appropriate job training and educational
programs (including literacy programs) and drug, alcohol, and other
counseling programs.
(c) An inmate who in the judgment of the Director of the Bureau of
Prisons has successfully completed the required period of shock
incarceration shall remain in the custody of the Bureau for such period
(not to exceed the remainder of the prison term otherwise required by
law to be served by that inmate), and under such conditions, as the
Bureau deems appropriate.
(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXX, Sec. 3001(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104
Stat. 4915.)
Authorization of Appropriations
Section 3002 of Pub. L. 101-647 provided that: ``There are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1990 and each fiscal year
thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out the shock
incarceration program established under the amendments made by this Act
[see Tables for classification]''.
