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BOP Program Statement 5350.26 § 1
PURPOSE AND SCOPE. To provide instructions and procedures relating to
the Selective Service System (SSS) and the voluntary registration of
eligible males serving sentences in Bureau institutions. Selective Service
is responsible for the overall management of the SSS/BOP Registration
Program in accordance with the procedures established in the attached
Memorandum of Understanding, signed by both parties in May 1992.
All male United States citizens are required by law to register with the
Selective Service System within 30 days of their 18th birthday. All other
male persons residing in the United States, except legally admitted non-immigrants, are also required to register within 30 days of their 18th
birthday but not later than their 26th birthday. Males ages 18 through 25
are exempt from the registration requirement while incarcerated; however,
upon release, they have 30 days in which to register.
As a public service to registration-age men who are incarcerated in or
being released from Federal correctional institutions, the Bureau and the
SSS have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding whereby eligible men
shall be informed of the registration requirement and offered the
opportunity to register (see the Memorandum of Understanding, Attachment
A).
History
PS 5350.26 dated 1998-08-17
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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