BOP Program Statement 7331.05 § 21

§551.117 Access to legal resources.

a. The Warden shall provide the opportunity for pretrial inmate-attorney visits on a

seven-days-a-week basis.

Attorney visits for pretrial inmates may be conducted at times other than established visiting

hours with the approval of the Warden or designee. Wardens will establish hours for

attorney visiting and communicate them to the local legal community.

Alternative Legal Access Arrangements. To ensure inmates have access to legal counsel

as soon as it is safely possible after a significant or disruptive event at a facility exceeds 24

hours, each facility will develop alternative legal access arrangements. These plans may

include, but are not limited to, alternative visiting locations at the facility, expansion of

normal visiting hours, and any additional procedures consistent with the mission and security

of the facility. Restriction of legal access should occur only when necessary to protect the

safety and security of employees, inmates, or the public.

b. Staff shall provide pretrial inmates with access to legal materials in the institution.

A basic law library is to be established for pretrial housing units if inmates in these units do

not have access to the institution’s main law library. Procedures for obtaining legal material

not contained in a basic law library, but contained in the institution’s main law library, will

be established locally (see the Program Statement Legal Activities, Inmate).

c. Staff shall allow the pretrial inmate, upon the inmate’s request, to telephone the

inmate’s attorney as often as resources of the institution allow.

See the Program Statement Inmate Telephone Regulations.