18 U.S.C. § 751 : US Code - Section 751: Prisoners in custody of institution or officer

Search 18 U.S.C. § 751 : US Code - Section 751: Prisoners in custody of institution or officer

(a) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the
Attorney General or his authorized representative, or from any
institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the
Attorney General, or from any custody under or by virtue of any
process issued under the laws of the United States by any court,
judge, or magistrate judge, or from the custody of an officer or
employee of the United States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if
the custody or confinement is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of
felony, or conviction of any offense, be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than five years, or both; or if the custody or
confinement is for extradition, or for exclusion or expulsion
proceedings under the immigration laws, or by virtue of an arrest
or charge of or for a misdemeanor, and prior to conviction, be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
(b) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the
Attorney General or his authorized representative, or from any
institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the
Attorney General, or from any custody under or by virtue of any
process issued under the laws of the United States by any court,
judge, or magistrate judge, or from the custody of an officer or
employee of the United States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if
the custody or confinement is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a
violation of any law of the United States not punishable by death
or life imprisonment and committed before such person's eighteenth
birthday, and as to whom the Attorney General has not specifically
directed the institution of criminal proceedings, or by virtue of a
commitment as a juvenile delinquent under section 5034 of this
title, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
affect the discretionary authority vested in the Attorney General
pursuant to section 5032 of this title.