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BOP Program Statement 5267.09 § 5
VISITING FACILITIES
§540.41. Visiting facilities.
The Warden shall have the visiting room arranged so as to provide adequate
supervision, adapted to the degree of security required by the type of institution.
The Warden shall ensure that the visiting area is as comfortable and pleasant as
practicable, and appropriately furnished and arranged. If space is available, the
Warden shall have a portion of the visiting room equipped and set up to provide
facilities for the children of visitors.
a. Institutions of minimum and low security levels may permit visits beyond the
security perimeter, but always under supervision of staff.
b. Institutions of medium and high security levels, and administrative institutions
may establish outdoor visiting, but it will always be inside the security perimeter
and always under supervision of staff.
Reasonable accommodations should be made to ensure that all parts of the visiting area
accessible to the public are also accessible to visitors and inmates with disabilities.
P5267.09 12/10/2015 Federal Regulations from 28 CFR: this type. Implementing instructions: this type. 6
History
PS 5267.09 dated 2015-12-10
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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