BOP Program Statement 5290.14 § 1

transferred to a Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) institution to

participate in the institution's Admission and Orientation (A&O)

Program. The Warden will ensure that staff involved with this

program offer each newly committed inmate an orientation to the

institution, to include information on institutional requirements

and, whenever practicable, visits to the various areas of the

institution. The institution A&O Program must also provide the

inmate with an awareness of the:

a. Inmate's rights and responsibilities;

b. Institution's program opportunities; and,

c. Institution's disciplinary system.

Pretrial inmates and inmates in holdover status (en route to a

different institution) are excluded from the provisions of this

PS (except as provided in Sections 7.a. and 7.b.).

An effective A&O Program provides inmates with valuable

information regarding institution and unit regulations,

operations, and program opportunities. In addition, A&O

programs provide staff with an opportunity to identify and assist

inmates who may be experiencing difficulty adjusting to

incarceration.

The Bureau’s A&O Program consists of two separate and distinct

components:

! an Institution component and

! a Unit component.

PS 5290.14

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Institution A&O programs, whether centralized or decentralized,

provide inmates with general information regarding institution-wide regulations, operations, and program opportunities. Unit

A&O programs, on-the-other-hand, provide information that is unit

specific and only for inmates assigned to that unit.