US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 5880.28 ch. 1 § 2
COMMITMENT TO THE CUSTODY OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS
Under 18 USC § 3621, the BOP is required to provide the
custody and to determine the place of imprisonment for all
sentenced federal prisoners. (See the Program Statement on
Security Designation and Custody Classification.)
Subsection (a) of Section 3621 states in part, "A person who
has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment. . . shall be
committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons until the
expiration of the term imposed, or until earlier released for
satisfactory behavior pursuant to the provisions of section
3624."
Subsection (b) of Section 3621 states in part, "The Bureau
of Prisons shall designate the place of the prisoner's
imprisonment."
P.S. 5880.28
February 21, 1992
Page 1 - 5
History
PS 5880.28 dated 1999-07-20
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
62b28ccdd045bd33f21150c00a814aeb82543c0fc4421ae141e4a6a0741fb20d
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