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BOP Program Statement 5270.12 Change Notice 1

Change Notice 1

activein force · 2025-03-06 – presentact-effective-date

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

CHANGE NOTICE

OPI CPD/CSB

NUMBER 5270.12, CN-1

DATE March 6, 2025

Special Housing Units

/s/

Approved: Kathleen Toomey

Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

This Change Notice (CN) implements the following changes to Program Statement 5270.12,

Special Housing Units, dated March 5, 2024. This CN removes language to ensure consistency

with Executive Orders issued by the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Deleted text is marked with a strikethrough.

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

b. Summary of Changes.

■ Conditions of Confinement in the SHU Section 13 (h) has been updated allowing

transgender inmates to retain their accommodations (e.g., binders, stand-to-pee cups,

etc.) at the Warden’s discretion.

13. § 541.31 Conditions of confinement in the SHU.

(h) Personal property.

■ transgender inmates will be allowed to retain their accommodations: binders, stand-to-pee cups, etc.

History

Change Notice 1 dated 2025-03-06

Provenance

Source: bop.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
Edition: bop-ps-2026-09-20
Content hash: b1f1dac0ffe0f12f5c84263b492549653a4a282aa6a19b8e1a77d1f71c3f0e7f

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