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BOP Program Statement 5381.05 § 1
[PURPOSE AND SCOPE § 551.30. The Bureau of Prisons permits
inmates and persons in the community to participate in approved
inmate organizations for recreational, social, civic and
benevolent purposes.]
An organization which has inmate membership and which performs,
or may perform, an activity or function related to a federal
institution is considered an inmate organization. An inmate
organization may include persons from the community.
This Program Statement establishes the basic procedures
concerning the establishment, regulation, and operation of inmate
organizations and provides a uniform system whereby all
organizations of this type will operate within a similar
framework of administrative and financial management. These
instructions apply to all inmate organizations (e.g., social,
civic, etc.).
The procedures as outlined in the following sections must be
followed. An Institution Supplement is to be issued to implement
this Program Statement at those institutions operating an inmate
organization (see Section 15).
History
PS 5381.05 dated 2001-02-13
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
9817425f7338319138b294179d2b1076c0fd42b52d16c046ffda3f219b0785bb
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