Guidance Documents

The expected result of this program is that Polygraph tests will only be approved in accordance with clearly written guidelines and procedures.

Directions for Wardens to establish and maintain law libraries in BOP facilities; what materials to maintain in law libraries; how Wardens may request upgrades, repair or replacement of materials in law libraries; Central Office responsibilities with regard to funding and purchasing materials for BOP law libraries; caution to staff against interfering with inmates attempts to obtain State law library materials in State facilities; directions for establishing procedures for inmate access to copy equipment and library usage; direction to staff regarding permitting storage of inmate legal materials; procedures for permitting inmates to assist other inmates with legal preparation (as stated in regulation); directions for Wardens to facilitate or permit recording by attorneys of attorney-client interviews/visits; directions to staff regarding which forms must be completed for students or legal assistants to correspond or visit inmates as required by regulation; directions for staff regarding administering oaths and affirmations to inmates under statutory guidance.

To transmit the revised "Old Law" Sentence Computation Manual for sentences of inmates for crimes which occurred prior to the effective date of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. The "Old Law" Sentence Computation Manual, Program Statement 5880.20, was issued on September 25, 1972. Since then, the repeal and supercession of numerous sections of the United States Code have caused many of that Manual's sentence implementation instructions to become outdated and have added new sentencing provisions. This Manual provides staff with definitive sentence implementation and computation instructions. To the extent possible, all existing Program Statements and Operation Memoranda impacting "old law" sentencing have been updated and are included in this Manual to provide one source document which is the Bureau of Prisons' official sentence interpretation, implementation and computation policy.

To outline procedures for staff recommendations and correspondence to agencies and persons about Bureau inmates.

In 1992, Congress enacted Public Law 102-395, requiring the Bureau to establish policy and procedures to collect fees for incarceration costs (see 18 U.S.C. §4001, note). This policy applies to inmates who are:

To encourage inmates to use their leisure time for creative writing and to permit the direct mailing of all manuscripts as ordinary correspondence.

This Program Statement transmits the "Sentence Computation Manual" which establishes the policies and procedures for the computation of sentences imposed for violations of the United States Code under the statutes of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (CCCA).

To provide guidance and direction to staff with management and oversight responsibility for sentenced inmates requiring drug abuse treatment while in the community. These inmates may be transfers from a Bureau facility to a Community Corrections Centers (CCCs). Other inmates may be placed in the CCC as a condition of their supervision, or as direct commitments to the CCC for service of a sentence. The CCC’s purpose is to provide a period of transition from the institution setting to the community, while remaining under the Bureau’s supervision and authority. The majority of the inmates participating in the Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment(TDAT) are transfers from Bureau facilities who are graduates of the Bureau’s Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). However, other inmates identified as needing drug treatment may also be required to participate in TDAT.

The expected result of this program is that assignments in housing, work and programs will be available to inmates on an equal opportunity basis.

The expected result of this program is: Inmates contributions to political parties, candidates for election, international, national, or local organizations will be made in compliance with all applicable laws or regulations.