Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
18 U.S.C. § 4012: Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband
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An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, summarily seize any object introduced into a Federal penal or correctional facility or possessed by an inmate of such a facility in violation of a rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Director, and such object shall be forfeited to the United States.
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