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10 U.S.C. § 887b — Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction

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  1. (a)Escape From Correctional CustodyAny person subject to this chapter—shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
    1. (1)who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
    2. (2)who, while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and
    3. (3)who escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority;
  2. (b)Breach of Correctional CustodyAny person subject to this chapter—shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
    1. (1)who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
    2. (2)who, while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and
    3. (3)who goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority;
  3. (c)Breach of RestrictionAny person subject to this chapter—shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
    1. (1)who is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and
    2. (2)who, with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority;