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BOP Program Statement 5100.08 Change Notice 2
Change Notice 2
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
PROGRAM STATEMENT
OPI CPD/DSC
NUMBER 5100.08, CN-2
DATE March 6, 2025
Inmate Security Designation and Custody
Classification
/s/
Approved: Kathleen Toomey
Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons
This Change Notice (CN) implements the following changes to Program Statement 5321.09,
Unit Management and Inmate Program Review, dated April 8, 2024. This CN updates
language to ensure consistency with Executive Orders issued by the Executive Office of the
President of the United States. Additions are marked with a highlight.
CHAPTER 2: DEFINITIONS
FEMALE. A person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive
cell.
MALE. A person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.
MAN/MEN. Adult and juvenile human males.
SEX. An individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female.
WOMAN/WOMEN. Adult and juvenile human females.
History
Change Notice 2 dated 2025-03-06
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
9f083b68ba01238f8bc3af166b5780bcb743ec60e691d79a9ada8ebdeb064e7b
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