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BOP Program Statement 5050.51 § 8
REQUESTS MADE BY D.C. CODE OFFENDERS
D.C. Code offenders convicted of felony offenses may be eligible for a RIS under certain
circumstances. D.C. Code § 24-403.04 provides the Bureau Director, or the inmate, may file a
motion for a reduction of sentence.
The RIS criteria for D.C. Code offenders are specified in § 24-403.04. Although the criteria for
D.C. Code offenders differ slightly from the criteria for federal code offenders, Bureau staff will
follow the procedures laid out in this program statement when processing RIS requests received
from D.C. Code offenders. This includes assessing the request under the factors outlined in
section 9.
a. Terminal Medical Condition. RIS consideration may be given to a D.C. Code offender who
has been diagnosed with a terminal disease or condition. Refer to section 4(a) of this program
statement for additional guidance.
b. Debilitated Medical Condition. RIS consideration may be given to a D.C. Code offender
who has been diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition involving an incurable illness, or a
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debilitating injury from which the offender will not recover. Refer to section 4(b) of this program
statement for additional guidance and criteria.
c. Elderly with Medical Conditions. RIS consideration may be given to a D.C. Code offender
who meets the following criteria:
Age 60 or older.
Has served the lesser of 15 years or 75% of the sentence imposed.
Suffers from a chronic or serious medical condition related to the aging process, or that
causes an acute vulnerability to severe medical complications or death as a result of
COVID-19.
For RIS purposes, a “chronic or serious medical condition related to the aging process” is
determined in the same way as “a serious deterioration in physical or mental health because of
the aging process” in section 4(c) of this program statement.
d. Age. RIS consideration may be given to a D.C. Code offender who is 60 years of age or older
and has served at least 20 years of the sentence imposed.
History
PS 5050.51 dated 2026-09-03
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
372d14cea433d1f812f329727462a44fa27bc6ad281667f69bc637acf5bcb7a3
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