18 U.S.C. § 752 : US Code - Section 752: Instigating or assisting escape

Search 18 U.S.C. § 752 : US Code - Section 752: Instigating or assisting escape

(a) Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids or
assists the escape, or attempt to escape, of any person arrested
upon a warrant or other process issued under any law of the United
States, or committed to the custody of the Attorney General or to
any institution or facility by his direction, 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 rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids, or
assists the escape or attempted escape of any person in the custody
of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or of any
person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any
law of the United States or from any institution or facility in
which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, 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.