(a) The Bureau of Prisons may place in a shock incarceration program any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 12, but not more than 30, months, if such person consents to that placement.
(b) For such initial portion of the term of imprisonment as the Bureau of Prisons may determine, not to exceed 6 months, an inmate in the shock incarceration program shall be required to—(1) adhere to a highly regimented schedule that provides the strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training; and
(2) participate in appropriate job training and educational programs (including literacy programs) and drug, alcohol, and other counseling programs.
(c) An inmate who in the judgment of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons has successfully completed the required period of shock incarceration shall remain in the custody of the Bureau for such period (not to exceed the remainder of the prison term otherwise required by law to be served by that inmate), and under such conditions, as the Bureau deems appropriate.
Structure US Code
Title 18— CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III— PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 303— BUREAU OF PRISONS
§ 4041. Bureau of Prisons; director and employees
§ 4042. Duties of Bureau of Prisons
§ 4043. Acceptance of gifts and bequests to the Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons
§ 4044. Donations on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons
§ 4045. Authority to conduct autopsies
§ 4046. Shock incarceration program
§ 4047. Prison impact assessments
§ 4048. Fees for health care services for prisoners
§ 4049. Officers and employees of the Bureau of Prisons authorized to carry oleoresin capsicum spray
§ 4050. Secure firearms storage
§ 4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals