BOP Program Statement 7310.04 § 7

a. Community Corrections Centers (CCC). CCCs, commonly

referred to as "halfway houses," provide suitable residence,

structured programs, job placement, and counseling, while the

inmates' activities are closely monitored. All CCCs offer drug

testing and counseling for alcohol and drug-related problems.

During their stay, inmates are required to pay a subsistence

charge to help defray the cost of their confinement; this charge

is 25% of their gross income, not to exceed the average daily

cost of their CCC placements. Failure to make subsistence

payments may result in disciplinary action.

These contract facilities, located throughout the United

States, provide two program components: the Community

Corrections Component and the Prerelease Component:

(1) The Community Corrections Component is designed as the

most restrictive option. Except for employment and other

structured program activities, an inmate in this component is

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restricted to the CCC. An inmate shall ordinarily be placed in

the Community Corrections Component upon arrival at the CCC.

This orientation period normally lasts for two weeks or

until the inmate has demonstrated to CCC staff the responsibility

necessary to function in the community. Based on their

professional judgment, CCC staff shall determine when an inmate

is prepared to advance to the Prerelease Component.

(2) The Prerelease Component is designed to assist inmates

making the transition from an institution setting to the

community. These inmates have more access to the community and

family members through weekend and evening passes.

b. Community Corrections Programs. In addition to a CCC's

traditional services, the Bureau also has the following

community-based programs. Referral procedures may be described

in independent Bureau directives issuances. The Community

Corrections Manager (CCM) reviews the inmate's characteristics

and the recommendations noted in the referral package to

determine if one of the following programs (if available) may be

more appropriate than traditional CCC placement.

(1) Comprehensive Sanctions Center (CSC). The CSC concept,

initiated by the Bureau, with the extensive cooperation and

teamwork of U.S. Probation and CCC contractors, was developed to

provide courts with a wider range of sentencing options and to

facilitate the development and implementation of community

program plans tailored to the individual needs of prerelease

inmates.

The CSC is designed to meet the needs of higher risk

prerelease inmates and consists of six different levels of

supervision, ranging from 24-hour confinement to Home

Confinement.

It also may have an intensive treatment component consisting

of substance abuse education and treatment, life skills training,

mental health counseling, education, employment assistance, and

mentoring. The inmate's progress is systematically reviewed by a

Program Review Team (PRT), consisting of representatives from the

Bureau, U.S. Probation, and the CCC.

(2) Mothers and Infants Together (MINT). MINT is an

alternative residential program that promotes bonding and

parenting skills for low risk female inmates who are pregnant.

The inmate is placed in the program two months prior to delivery

and remains there for three months after delivery.

(3) Home Confinement. Home Confinement is a generic term

used to cover all circumstances in which an inmate is required to

remain at home during non-working hours of the day. Electronic

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monitoring equipment is sometimes used to monitor compliance with

the program's conditions. These programs provide an opportunity

for inmates to assume increasing levels of responsibility, while,

at the same time, providing sufficient restrictions to promote

community safety and convey the sanctioning value of the

sentence.

Home Confinement provides an option for inmates who do not

need the structure of a residential facility. Except for inmates

who are initially sentenced to and graduate from the Intensive

Confinement Center Program, statutory provisions limit the length

of Home Confinement to the last 10% of the sentence, or six

months, whichever is less. Inmates are required to pay

subsistence of 25% of their gross income to defray the costs of

Home Confinement and electronic monitoring.

The Bureau is involved in two Home Confinement programs:

Home Confinement operates from the Bureau's own network of CCCs

and the U.S. Probation Division program.

(a) CCC Contractors. The first form of Home Confinement

is CCC contractor-operated programs. In these programs, CCC

staff monitor the inmate. Currently, only a few of these

programs use electronic monitoring equipment. Supervision is

provided by daily telephone contacts and periodic personal

contacts in the home and workplace.

(b) U.S. Probation Office. The second form of Home

Confinement involves placing federal inmates in programs operated

by the U.S. Probation Office. These programs use electronic

monitoring equipment with U.S. Probation Officers (USPO)

providing supervision.

(4) Transitional Services Program (TSP). The community-based transition phase of the Bureau's Residential Drug Treatment

Program is designed to complement the accomplishments and

continue the institutional program's treatment plan. It

reinforces the inmate's personal responsibility to lead a drug-free lifestyle through personal accountability for choices,

confrontation of negative thinking patterns, and instruction in

basic social skills. Inmates who successfully complete the

Residential Drug Treatment Program's institutional phase should

normally be considered for the maximum 180 day period of CCC

placement, if they are otherwise eligible.

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(5) Intensive Confinement Center (ICC). A lengthy period

of Community Corrections Center confinement follows the

completion of the ICC program's institutional phase. The CCC

time is divided among the restrictive Community Corrections

Component, the Prerelease Component, and Home Confinement.

Specific referral procedures are outlined in the ICC Program

Statement.