18 USC § 1792 - Mutiny and riot prohibited

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1792"
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title: "18 USC § 1792 - Mutiny and riot prohibited"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1792"
section_name: "Mutiny and riot prohibited"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "PRISONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1109(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 99–646, § 53(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)"
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# § 1792. Mutiny and riot prohibited

Whoever instigates, connives, willfully attempts to cause, assists, or conspires to cause any mutiny or riot, at any Federal penal, detention, or correctional facility, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined under this title, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1109(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 99–646, § 53(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 252 (, ).

Escape provisions of this section were incorporated in .

Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding and assisting was omitted. Such persons are principals under .

Minor changes were made in translation and phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $25,000”.

1986— inserted “, detention,” after “penal”.

1984— substituted provisions deleting prohibition on bringing dangerous instrumentalities into prison and inserted provision setting forth a maximum $25,000 fine.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

> “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect 30 days after the enactment of this Act [
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