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BOP Program Statement 5140.44 § 2
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
The Attorney General has delegated, to the Director of the Bureau, the authority to
designate places of imprisonment or confinement where the sentences of inmates must be
served, and to order transfers from one institution to another, whether maintained by the
federal government or otherwise as set forth at 28 CFR subpart Q, § 0.96(c).
The SDAD, DSCC is the delegated authority to approve transfers to state officials and to
designate a state department of corrections as a place of imprisonment where an inmate
will serve a federal sentence. Any such transfer should occur within a reasonable period of
time before the inmate’s release from a federal sentence, ordinarily within the last 90
days.
5140.44 2/16/2024 2
History
PS 5140.44 dated 2024-02-16
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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