BOP Program Statement 5270.09 § 2

a. Establish Greatest and High severity level prohibited acts for sexual assault of any person.

The Greatest severity level act (114) requires the use or threat of force. The High severity level

act (229) is for incidents without the use or threat of force.

b. Increase the severity level of escapes from non-secure facilities from a High to a Greatest

severity level prohibited act.

c. Amend the Code 104 to include any instrument used as a weapon.

d. Establish a Code 115 for destroying and/or disposing of any item during a search or attempt

to search.

e. Establish a High severity level prohibited act code for escape from a work detail, a non-secure

institution, or other non-secure custody, including a community facility, with subsequent

voluntary return to custody within four hours.

f. Clarify possession of a cellular telephone or other electronic communications device is a

Greatest severity level prohibited act.

g. Increase the severity level of all alcohol-related offenses from a High to a Greatest severity

level prohibited act.

h. Establish a High severity level prohibited act code for stalking.

i. Establish a High severity level prohibited act code for possession of stolen property.

j. Establish a Moderate severity level prohibited act code for circulating a petition.

k. Establish a High severity level prohibited act code for refusing to participate in a required

physical test or examination unrelated to testing for drug abuse (e.g., DNA, HIV, TB).

l. Increase the severity level for tattooing and self-mutilation to a High severity level prohibited

act.

m. Establish a Moderate severity level prohibited act code for the fraudulent or deceptive

completion of a skills test.

n. Increase the severity level for conducting a business to a Moderate severity level prohibited

act.

o. Establish a Moderate severity level prohibited act code for communicating gang affiliation.

p. Establish Greatest, High, and Moderate severity level prohibited acts for abuse of the mail.

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q. Establish a sanction of monetary fine.

r. Remove the formal sanctions of reprimand and warning.

s. Increase the sanction of disciplinary segregation from a range of 7 to 60 days to a range of 1

to 18 months.

t. Change from three work days to five work days for the UDC to ordinarily conduct a review.

u. The Special Housing Unit policy (conditions of disciplinary segregation, administrative

detention, and protection cases) has been removed and guidance is provided in a separate

program statement.