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BOP Program Statement 7331.05 § 15
MARRIAGE
§551.111 Marriage.
A pretrial inmate may request permission to marry in accordance with current Bureau of
Prisons policy for convicted inmates. Staff shall contact the court, U.S. Attorney, U.S.
Marshals Service, and in the case of an alien, the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
to advise of the marriage request of the pretrial inmate and to request their comments.
See the Program Statement Marriage of Inmates.
Employees will document all contacts with liaison officials in the inmate’s pretrial drop file
folders.
Note: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has replaced the Immigration and
Nationalization Service (INS).
History
PS 7331.05 dated 2023-08-01
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
4fc331a670ed6b3723298e566ca6aaea2757c7b5c817f2be6412568d4dce26b3
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