US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 5562.05 § 1
[PURPOSE AND SCOPE §549.60. The Bureau of Prisons provides
guidelines for the medical and administrative management of
inmates who engage in hunger strikes. It is the responsibility
of the Bureau of Prisons to monitor the health and welfare of
individual inmates, and to ensure that procedures are pursued to
preserve life.]
History
PS 5562.05 dated 2005-07-29
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
bd8d7c02e1c83dd29c915c4c1f6cb3f61aa0c4b0b148811397679d0cd9822bfe
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