BOP Program Statement 1060.13 § 3

HOUSING

The following are examples of permanent and temporary housing:

Temporary Housing

a. Temporary housing will not be included in the count of an institution’s Physical Capacity.

Some examples of temporary housing are listed below:

 In the event of institution overcrowding or an emergency (e.g., natural disaster), cots may

be placed in ancillary non-housing areas, such as TV rooms. Since the ancillary areas

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(gym, TV rooms, etc.) are only temporarily converted to living areas to accommodate the

population increase, the use of additional cots in these areas will be reported as temporary

housing.

 When a facility is under construction and trailers are placed on-site to house minimum

security inmates, the trailers will be reported as temporary housing.

 When conditions require the housing of additional inmates in cells designated to

accommodate two inmates.

 A SHU is not considered permanent housing. When placed in SHU, inmates receive a

quarter assignment. Inmates maintain their housing unit team assignments. Therefore, an

institution’s Physical Capacity does not change based on an inmate’s placement in SHU.

Bureau inmate information system codes can be found on the Office of Research,

Evaluation, Data, and Analytics’ intranet page.

Permanent Housing

b. All permanent housing will be included in the institution’s Physical Capacity. Some

examples of permanent housing are listed below:

 A UNICOR factory is moved to another institution and UNICOR has approved the

region’s use of space request to convert the factory building to an inmate housing unit for

general population inmates. The institution would gain additional permanent housing;

their Physical Capacity count would increase.

 A cell range in a detention center is converted from segregation cells to holdover cells.

This institution would gain additional permanent housing; their Physical Capacity count

would increase.

 A general housing unit is converted to a drug treatment unit, and two inmate cells are

converted to offices. This institution would lose permanent housing; their Physical

Capacity count would decrease.