BOP Program Statement 5394.01 Change Notice 1

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

CHANGE NOTICE

OPI CPD/SOC

NUMBER 5394.01, CN-1

DATE February 27, 2025

Certification and Civil Commitment of Sexually

Dangerous Persons

/s/

Approved: William W. Lothrop

Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

This Change Notice (CN) implements the following changes to Program Statement 5394.01,

Certification and Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons, dated February 1, 2016.

This CN removes language to ensure consistency with Executive Orders issued by the Executive

Office of the President of the United States. Additions are marked with a highlight and deleted

text is marked with a strikethrough.

10. CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT

k. Personal Property. CTP inmates may acquire and possess personal property in accordance

with BOP policy. The Warden has the discretion to restrict the possession of personal property

deemed inappropriate by staff due to its association with the inmate’s risk to engage in sexually

offensive behavior. Such property may include, but is not limited to:

 Items that may be used as sexual paraphernalia (e.g., photographs, pictures, or drawings

depicting adults or children in sexually explicit or suggestive poses or situations).

 Materials that promote the sexual exploitation of children (e.g., written materials that

romanticize adult-child sex).

 Written correspondence in which individuals are discussed in a sexualized way.

 Written or pictorial materials that promote violence or reflect a degrading attitude to persons

based on gender sex.

 Any other material deemed inappropriate by CTP staff due to its association with the

inmate’s risk to engage in sexually offensive behavior.

l. Incoming Publications. CTP inmates may receive publications in accordance with BOP

policy. The Warden has the discretion to restrict incoming publications deemed inappropriate by

staff due to their association with the inmate’s risk to engage in sexually offensive behavior.

These publications may include, but are not limited to:

■ Items that may be used as sexual paraphernalia (e.g., photographs, pictures, or drawings

depicting adults or children in sexually explicit or suggestive poses or situations).

■ Materials that promote the sexual exploitation of children (e.g., written materials that

romanticize adult-child sex).

■ Written or pictorial materials that promote violence or reflect a degrading attitude to persons

based on gender sex.

■ Any other material deemed inappropriate by CTP staff due to its association with the

inmate’s risk to engage in sexually offensive behavior.

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