BOP Program Statement 5360.10 § 7

Warden, chaplains shall schedule and direct the institution’s religious activities in order to

effectively and orderly manage religious programming.

Current program schedules will be posted in English and Spanish on bulletin boards clearly

visible to the inmate population. Chapel program schedules will be commensurate with

departmental staffing levels to provide appropriate levels of supervision of inmate-led programs.

b. The Warden may relieve an inmate from an institution program or assignment if a

religious activity is also scheduled at that time.

In scheduling authorized religious activities, Chaplains will consider both the availability of staff

supervision and the use of time and space to make equitable accommodations among all inmate

religious groups.

c. Institutions shall have space designated for the conduct of religious activities.

This designated space will be sufficient to accommodate the needs of all religious groups in the

inmate population fairly and equitably. Chaplaincy Services areas (inside and outside) will be

neutral and suitable for use by different faith groups. The general area will include:

■ Office space for each Chaplain;

■ Storage space for the needs of Chapel programming. Faith specific lockers will ordinarily be

available to secure accoutrements for use in religious programs, and will not contain personal

property of inmates;

■ While inmates will have access to the locker contents for appropriate scheduled Chapel

programs, lockers inside secure facilities will be opened and secured by staff and not left

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open;

■ Nearby lavatory facilities for staff and volunteers.

An outside worship area will be maintained in a suitable, secure, and private location, except in

institutions where building design or security considerations would prohibit its construction. The

outside worship area should be content neutral and large enough to accommodate all faith

traditions which use outside worship space. Religious rituals involving tobacco smoke are

confined to the outdoor worship area or a ventilated Chaplaincy Services area.