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BOP Program Statement 5264.09 § 8
§ 540.105 Expenses of inmate telephone use.
(a) An inmate is responsible for the expenses of inmate telephone use. Such expenses may
include a fee for replacement of an inmate's telephone access code that is used in an institution
which has implemented debit billing for inmate telephone calls. Each inmate is responsible for
staying aware of his or her account balance through the automated process provided by the
system. Third party billing and electronic transfer of a call to a third party are prohibited.
(b) The Warden shall provide at least one collect call each month for an inmate who is without
funds. An inmate without funds is defined as an inmate who has not had a trust fund account
balance of $6.00 for the past 30 days. The Warden may increase the number of collect calls
based upon local institution conditions (e.g., institution population, staff resources, and usage
demand). To prevent abuses of this provision (e.g., inmate shows a pattern of depleting his or
her commissary funds prior to placing collect calls), the Warden may impose restrictions on the
provisions of this paragraph (b).
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The Warden may direct the government to bear the expense of inmate telephone use or
allow a call to be made collect under compelling circumstances such as when an inmate has
lost contact with his family or has a family emergency.
History
PS 5264.09 dated 2026-09-03
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
7a00656d664318320e57ff5fed690a24bc417cf8de5804730b730e7c02ee1557
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