BOP Program Statement 5212.07 § 1

a. In an effort to maintain a safe and orderly environment

within its institutions, the Bureau of Prisons operates control

unit programs intended to place into a separate unit those

inmates who are unable to function in a less restrictive

environment without being a threat to others or to the orderly

operation of the institution. The Bureau of Prisons provides

written criteria for the:

(1) Referral of an inmate for possible placement within a

control unit;

(2) Selection of an inmate for placement within a control

unit;

(3) Regular review of an inmate while housed in a control

unit; and,

(4) Release of an inmate from a control unit.]

Correctional institutions occasionally experience disruptions

of regular activities by individual or small groups of inmates.

Programs that serve the vast majority, such as industries,

education, and vocational training, are made less effective by

violence, threats of violence, and major security breaches. To

protect the majority of inmates and still fulfill the Bureau's

obligation to provide safekeeping, care, and subsistence to those

who are violent and disruptive, special programs are needed.

Ordinary techniques for segregation or transfer have provided a

means of separating some disruptive inmates in the past.

However, they have proven ineffective with others. Established

segregation programs for short periods of restriction are not

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satisfactory for inmates who need a longer period of control and

supervisory care. Their inability to be safely placed into the

population of other institutions precludes regular transfer.

[b. The Bureau of Prisons provides an inmate confined within a

control unit the opportunity to participate in programs and

activities restricted as necessary to protect the security, good

order, or discipline of the unit.]