BOP Program Statement 5562.05 § 9

a. Staff shall prepare and deliver to the inmate’s room three

meals per day or as otherwise authorized by the physician.]

A verbal offer of a meal will not suffice. Food from the food

tray may be left in the inmate’s cell. Ordinarily, when the food

tray is left in the inmate’s cell, perishable food items will not

be left for more than two hours.

[b. Staff shall provide the inmate an adequate supply of

drinking water. Other beverages shall also be offered.

c. Staff shall remove any commissary food items and private

food supplies of the inmate while the inmate is on a hunger

strike. An inmate may not make commissary food purchases while

under hunger strike management.]

An inmate under hunger strike management may still purchase

non-food items, such as stamps, from the commissary. The inmate

is allowed to have toothpaste in the dry cell.

d. All food and water intake and output will be monitored and

recorded as needed or to the extent possible. The Warden shall

make this determination after consultation with the physician.

This procedure is to continue until ended by a physician.

# This means a dry cell must be available for housing

hunger strike inmates.

P5562.05

7/29/2005

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Health Services and Food Service staff may offer alternative

beverages, including liquid nutritional supplements, if

authorized by the physicians. Any beverages other than drinking

water must be documented (e.g. BP-S292) and that information

relayed to Health Services staff. Acceptance of liquids alone

should not be documented as accepting a meal.