Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/01/11/2011-281/inmate-furloughs
Timestamp: 2015-05-28 08:06:28
Document Index: 395042083

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 570', '§ 570', '§ 570', '§ 570', '§ 570', 'art 570', '§ 570']

Dates: This rule is effective on February 10, 2011.
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Payment for Urinalysis, Breathalyzer, and Other Comparable Tests Upon Return From Furlough Back to Top
One commenter questioned the payment process described in § 570.38. The commenter suggested that the inmate should pay for all potential testing before he/she be “allowed to leave.” This is not practical. Depending on Bureau resources, the inmate's particular situation, and the particular circumstances surrounding the furlough, it is possible that the inmate will not undergo all of the available testing upon the inmate's return from furlough. It is therefore unnecessary and impractical to require an inmate to pre-pay the costs of tests that he/she may not be required to undergo.
Conditions Under Which a Furlough May Be Granted Back to Top
§ 570.36 specifies the conditions under which a non-transfer furlough may be granted. This section contains a chart which clarifies the eligibility requirements for non-transfer furloughs and describes the types of non-transfer furloughs an inmate may be eligible for, based on the inmate's length of confinement or time remaining on the inmate's sentence. The chart has been revised in the final rule for greater clarity and accuracy. This section also describes circumstances under which Wardens will ordinarily deny non-transfer furloughs.
Under this rule, the Bureau is expanding the authority of its Wardens to consider all inmates potentially eligible for non-transfer furloughs, as opposed to the current rule, which limits consideration to inmates with community custody status. Community custody, the lowest custody level assigned to an inmate, affords the lowest level of security and staff supervision. The Bureau believes this change is justified by the potential prisoner re-entry and rehabilitative benefits to be afforded by a non-transfer furlough. Further, any resulting public safety concerns are adequately addressed by the limitations contained within §§ 570.35(b) and 570.36.
Further, § 570.31 describes inmate eligibility for furloughs, and states that sentenced inmates housed in Bureau facilities, pretrial inmates housed in Bureau facilities, and sentenced inmates housed in Bureau facilities and classified as central inmate monitoring cases may be eligible for furloughs. Inmates who are not eligible for furloughs through the Bureau include sentenced inmates housed in contract facilities and inmates who are U.S. Marshals prisoners housed in contract facilities.
It should be noted that revised § 570.35(a) states that inmates transferring to administrative, low, medium, or high security facilities are generally not eligible for participation in the Bureau's transfer furlough program. Inmates transferring to facilities with these security designations are considered to pose a potential risk to the community if granted a transfer furlough. An inmate's security level is based on relevant factual information, such as the inmate's current offense, sentence, criminal history, and institutional behavior that requires additional security measures. Because of the potential risk to public safety, inmates transferring to administrative, low, medium, or high security facilities are not appropriate for participation in the Bureau's transfer furlough program.
Guidance to Staff Is Needed Back to Top
1.The authority citation for 28 CFR part 570 continues to read as follows: Authority:
2.Revise subpart C to read as follows: Subpart C—Furloughs Back to Top
(2) Routine furlough—A furlough for any of the reasons noted below at § 570.33 (a) and (c) through (j).
an emergency furlough.
an emergency furlough or a routine day furlough.
an emergency furlough, a routine day furlough, or a routine overnight furlough within the institution's commuting area.
an emergency furlough, a routine day furlough, or a routine overnight furlough either within or outside the institution's commuting area.
(a) An inmate who violates the conditions of a furlough may be considered an escapee under 18 U.S.C. 4082 or 18 U.S.C. 751, and may be subject to criminal prosecution and institution disciplinary action. (b) A furlough will only be approved if an inmate agrees to the following conditions and understands that, while on furlough, he/she: