18 USC § 1072 - Concealing escaped prisoner

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1072"
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title: "18 USC § 1072 - Concealing escaped prisoner"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1072"
section_name: "Concealing escaped prisoner"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755.)"
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# § 1072. Concealing escaped prisoner

Whoever willfully harbors or conceals any prisoner after his escape from the custody of the Attorney General or from a Federal penal or correctional institution, shall be imprisoned not more than three years.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 753i, 910 (, ; , ).

Section consolidates similar language of said sections of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Remaining provisions are in .

Words “willfully harbors” were added in conformity with . Punishment for harboring violators of the Espionage laws is provided in . Punishment for harboring deserters from the armed forces is provided in .

Minor changes were made in phraseology.