Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 12522: Enhanced penalties for illegal drug use in Federal prisons and for smuggling drugs into Federal prisons

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What this law says, in plain English

Federal law prohibits drug use, distribution, and smuggling in Federal prisons with enhanced penalties. Conviction bars probation sentences.

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It is the policy of the Federal Government that the use or distribution of illegal drugs in the Nation’s Federal prisons will not be tolerated and that such crimes shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. under section 844 of title 21 involving simple possession of a controlled substance within a Federal prison or other Federal detention facility; or under section 841(b) of title 21 involving the smuggling of a controlled substance into a Federal prison or other Federal detention facility or the distribution or intended distribution of a controlled substance within a Federal prison or other Federal detention facility. Notwithstanding any other law, the court shall not sentence a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (b) to probation.

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