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BOP Program Statement 5356.01 § 9
§544.75 Disciplinary action.
As with other mandatory programs, such as work assignments, staff may take disciplinary action
against an inmate lacking a GED credential or high school diploma if that inmate refuses to
enroll in, and to complete, the mandatory 240 instructional hours of the literacy program.
Except for those who are granted an exception under Section 5 of this program statement, an
inmate who refuses to enroll in and complete the mandatory 240 instructional hours of the
literacy program may be charged with Prohibited Act 306, Refusing to work or accept a program
assignment, or any other appropriate prohibited act under the Program Statement Inmate
Discipline Program. The inmate is then expected to enroll and complete the mandatory 240
instructional hours after serving the disciplinary sanction. Pretrial, study and observation, and
deportable alien inmates exempted under Section 5, even if participating voluntarily, may elect to
opt out of a literacy program any time without disciplinary action.
Removal from a literacy program may be imposed as a disciplinary sanction by the Discipline
Hearing Officer (DHO) or Unit Discipline Committee (UDC) for a specified period of time, not
to exceed six months, following an appropriate finding of misconduct consistent with the
Program Statement Inmate Discipline Program. The SOE must monitor these inmates and
place them back in class or on the waitlist if no space is currently available at the end of the
removal period.
History
PS 5356.01 dated 2026-06-22
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
0c327756ad8954ebcbf9ec443bf47e4f48b57e5410b12a9861a43ba9034f0577
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