U.S. Marshals Service for Students
U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE DUTIES
The United States Marshals Service has a long history of protecting and
supporting the United States Federal courts to make sure individuals
conducting judicial business are safe and can perform their duties
fairly.
The federal judicial process has procedures
that deputy marshals must follow. For example, a court official gives
warrants (written orders) directing deputy marshals to:
- search (a place)
- seize (take possession)
- arrest (hold a person for court)
- execute a judgment (deliver a court’s final decision)
Deputy
marshals also:
- secure (keep safe) all places where federal judicial
business is conducted
- protect judges, jurors, witnesses and other persons
whose safety may be threatened (danger of being hurt) because of their
duties
- safely move prisoners to and from court, make sure
they are fed, receive medical treatment and are confined (jailed)
The Marshals Service has various programs to help
protect everyone involved in the different stages of the judicial
process. The larger programs include:
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