U. S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
LEGAL RESOURCE GUIDETO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
2008
Revised 11/25/08
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................1A. The Bureau's Mission...................................................2B. This Publication.......................................................2C. Website..............................................................2D. District of Columbia (D.C.) Code Felony Offenders...........................2E. DNA Collection.......................................................3II. PRETRIAL ISSUES.........................................................3A. Pretrial Detention......................................................3B. Pretrial Inmate Health Care..............................................3III. EVALUATION OF OFFENDER MENTAL CAPACITY...........................4A. Pretrial: Mental Evaluation and Commitment:Title 18 U.S.C. § 4241.................................................4B. Pretrial: Determination of Insanity at Time of Offense and Commitment:Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 4242 and 4243........................................5C. Conviction and Pre-Sentencing Stage:Title 18 U.S.C. § 4244.................................................6D. Post-Sentencing Hospitalization:Title 18 U.S.C. § 4245.................................................6E. Hospitalization of Mentally Incompetent Person Due for Release:Title 18 U.S.C. § 4246.................................................6F. Civil Commitment of a Sexually Dangerous Person:Title 18 U.S.C. § 4248.................................................7G. Examination of an Inmate Eligible for Parole:
Title 18 U.S.C. § 4205.................................................8H. Presentence Study and Psychological or Psychiatric Examination:Title 18 U.S.C. § 3552(b) and (c)........................................8I. State Custody; Remedies in Federal Courts:Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254;Prisoners in State Custody Subject to Capital Sentence:Appointment of Counsel; Requirement of Rule of Court or Statute;Procedures for Appointment:Title 28 U.S.C. § 2261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8IV. SENTENCING ISSUES....................................................9A. Probation and Conditions of Probation.....................................91. Community Confinement..........................................92. Intermittent Confinement..........................................93. Home Detention................................................10B. Imprisonment........................................................101. Institutional Confinement.........................................102. Service of Sentence in Non-Federal Facilities.........................103. Juvenile Offenders ..............................................11i
C. Judgment and Commitment Orders.......................................111. Judicial Recommendations for a Specific Institution, Geographic Area, orSpecialized Program.........................................112. Sentence Calculation.............................................123. Commencement of a Term of Imprisonment..........................124. Credit for Prior Custody (“Jail Time”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135. Credit for Satisfactory Behavior (“Good Conduct Time”)................136. Fines and Costs of Confinement....................................147. Inmate Financial Responsibility Program ............................15V. POST CONVICTION ISSUES................................................16A. Designation to a Facility for Service of a Term of Imprisonment................161. Security Designation and Custody Classification.......................162. Movement to the Institution.......................................173. Interstate Agreement on Detainers. .................................174. Central Inmate Monitoring System..................................17B. Admission and Orientation Program for Inmates............................18C. Programs and General Services..........................................181. Education and Recreation Programs.................................182. Religious Programs..............................................193. Food Service...................................................194. Work Programs and UNICOR........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205. Inmate Accident Compensation....................................20(a) Lost-Time Wage Program..................................21(b) Compensation for Work-Related Physical Impairment or Death....216. Female Offenders...............................................21(a) Birth Control and Pregnancy................................21(b) Abortion...............................................227. Substance Abuse Treatment.......................................228. Urine Surveillance Program.......................................239. Medical Services................................................23(a) Medical Services available to Sentenced Offenders..............23(b) Medical Referral Centers..................................25(c) Voluntary Medical and Mental Treatment.....................26(d) Managing Infectious Disease...............................2710. Mental Health Counseling and Treatment Services....................27(a) Involuntary Mental Health Treatment.........................28(b) Mental Health Programs...................................28(c) Sex Offender Management and Treatment.....................28D. Visiting, Telephones, and Correspondence.................................291. Visiting.......................................................292. Telephones....................................................303. Written Correspondence..........................................30E. Inmate Discipline Procedure............................................31ii
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