SORNA IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENTS
October 2022
The SMART Office has developed a series of documents related to Title I of the Adam
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act (SORNA). These documents provide further definition, guidance and
direction on a number of topics to assist jurisdictions with SORNA implementation.

Contents
1. Substantial Implementation of SORNA

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2. SORNA’s Impact on Byrne JAG Funding

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3. SORNA In Person Registration Requirements

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4. Community Notification Requirements of SORNA

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5. Using Risk Assessment Under SORNA

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6. SORNA: Determination of Residence, Homeless Offenders and Transient Workers

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7. SORNA: Text of Registration Offense

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8. Military Convictions Under SORNA

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9. SORNA: Fingerprints and Palm Prints

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10. Registering Tribal Convictions under SORNA

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11. SORNA: State and Tribal Information Sharing

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12. SORNA: Clarification of Registration Jurisdictional Issues

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13. SORNA: Tribal Election, Delegation to the State and Right of Access

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14. SORNA: Information Required for Notice of International Travel

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15. Juvenile Registration and Notification Requirements Under SORNA

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1. Substantial Implementation of SORNA
Congress delegated to the Attorney General the authority to determine whether a jurisdiction has
substantially implemented Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006,
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (see 34 U.S.C. § 20927). The
SORNA National Guidelines interpret and define “substantial implementation” and further
clarify that the SMART Office is responsible for determining whether a jurisdiction has
substantially implemented SORNA requirements (see The National Guidelines for Sex Offender
Registration and Notification, Federal Register, July 2, 2008, pp. 38047-48).
When making a substantial implementation determination, the SMART Office is required to
follow the standards set forth in SORNA and the Attorney General Guidelines, which indicate
that jurisdictions’ programs cannot be approved if they substitute some basically different
approach to sex offender registration and notification that does not incorporate SORNA’s
baseline requirements or if they dispense wholesale with categorical requirements set forth in
SORNA. The substantial implementation standard does contemplate that there is some latitude to
approve a jurisdiction’s implementation efforts, even if they do not exactly follow in all respects
the specifications of SORNA or the National Guidelines.
The National Guidelines require the SMART Office to consider, on a case-by-case basis,
whether jurisdictions’ laws and procedures substantially implement SORNA. Accordingly, for
each jurisdiction, the SMART Office must assess whether a jurisdiction’s proposed deviation
from a particular SORNA requirement does or does not substantially disserve the requirement’s
objectives. This approach necessitates an individualized review of each jurisdiction’s SORNA
program. After assessing whether a jurisdiction has sufficiently addressed each SORNA
requirement, the SMART Office makes an initial determination as to whether a jurisdiction has
substantially implemented SORNA, and thereafter an annual determination to ensure ongoing
implementation.
To provide the best possible guidance, jurisdictions are encouraged to contact the SMART
Office as early as possible when developing any legislation, policies or procedures designed to
implement SORNA. The SMART Office will be as flexible as possible within the framework
established by SORNA, the National Guidelines and Supplemental Guidelines, and will provide
technical assistance to each jurisdiction in its implementation of SORNA.

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2. SORNA’s Impact on Byrne JAG Funding
34 U.S.C. § 20927(a) sets forth the following penalty for jurisdictions that fail to substantially
implement Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA):
For any fiscal year after the end of the period for implementation, a jurisdiction
that fails, as determined by the Attorney General, to substantially implement this
[title] shall not receive 10 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated
for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
Thus, a registration jurisdiction that fails to substantially implement SORNA is subject to a 10
percent penalty reduction in its Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG)
formula funds.
Each of the 50 states, five principal territories, and the District of Columbia qualify for annual
allocations under the Byrne JAG formula and therefore are subject to the penalty reduction if
they fail to substantially implement the requirements of SORNA.
Calculating allocations under the Byrne JAG formula is a multi-step process. First, initial
allocations to the states, territories and the District of Columbia are calculated based on
population and violent crime statistics, and certain adjustments are made to ensure awards do not
fall below a certain minimum amount of funds for each state, territory and the District of
Columbia. These initial allocations determine the amount that is awarded within each of these
jurisdictions, but not the amount that is awarded to the state, territory or District of Columbia
government itself. Rather, of this initial allocation, 60 percent goes directly to the jurisdiction,
whereas 40 percent goes to qualifying units of local government and tribes within that
jurisdiction.
Speaking broadly, if a jurisdiction fails to substantially implement SORNA, the 10 percent
penalty reduction in its Byrne JAG formula funds will be applied to the 60 percent in direct
grants to states, territories, and the District of Columbia, and not the 40 percent in grants to local
governments and tribes within the jurisdiction. Important exceptions to this broad statement
relate to amounts for required subawards and amounts allocated to small jurisdictions. More
information about the JAG formula and the SORNA penalty calculation is available in the Byrne
JAG Program Frequently Asked Questions (https://bja.ojp.gov/doc/jag-faqs.pdf).
For practical purposes, the penalty will be applied in the fiscal year following the deadline for
implementation. For example, if a jurisdiction has been found by the SMART Office to have not
substantially implemented SORNA or is no longer substantially implementing SORNA in 2023,
the reduction will be 10 percent of the FY 2024 Byrne JAG award, imposed when the FY 2024
awards are made.

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For funds withheld, SORNA provides the opportunity to have those funds reallocated.
Specifically, under 34 U.S.C. § 20927(c):
Amounts not allocated under a program referred to in this section to a jurisdiction
for failure to substantially implement this [title] shall be reallocated under that
program to jurisdictions that have not failed to substantially implement this [title]
or may be reallocated to a jurisdiction from which they were withheld to be used
solely for the purpose of implementing this [title].
For any jurisdiction that has been penalized and wishes to have these funds reallocated to be used
solely for implementation of SORNA, that jurisdiction must submit its request in writing to the
SMART Office. Requests must include a detailed plan and timeline for substantial
implementation. The final decision on such requests will be made by the Assistant Attorney
General for the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Jurisdictions have an ongoing obligation to implement and maintain SORNA status, which will
be determined annually by the SMART Office. The Byrne JAG reduction penalty may be
applied each year a jurisdiction has not implemented SORNA or has been determined by the
SMART Office to no longer be substantially implementing SORNA.
Additionally, jurisdictions that have substantially implemented SORNA may have bonus funds
applied to their next fiscal year Byrne JAG award. This bonus allocation is calculated based on
total funds resulting from the Byrne JAG reductions from non-implementing states, territories
and the District of Columbia during that current fiscal year. For example, if a state substantially
implemented SORNA in FY 2022, then that state would have additional bonus funds added to its
FY 2023 State Byrne JAG award, which will be comprised of Byrne JAG reductions from nonimplementing jurisdictions that did not receive reallocation in FY 2022. The amounts available
for bonus funds will vary from year to year, depending on the amount of Byrne JAG reductions
that are assessed.

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3. SORNA In Person Registration Requirements
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that a registered sex offender appear in
person regularly to update certain registration information according to the following criteria (see
34 U.S.C. § 20918):
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Tier I offenders must appear once per year for 15 years
Tier II offenders must appear every six months for 25 years
Tier III offenders must appear every three months for life

A sex offender must initially register in person in each jurisdiction where he or she lives, works
or goes to school. Further, SORNA requires an in-person appearance by the offender at least
annually to update any photograph, physical description or other listed information. The
following examples illustrate permissible means by which a jurisdiction can effectuate an inperson appearance with an offender as an alternative to the offender appearing in his or her
designated sex offender registry office:
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A jurisdiction might consider an alternative reporting location if an offender lives in a
remote location and the designated sex offender registry office is not accessible. In these
instances, the offender may be able to complete his or her periodic in-person appearance
by appearing at the local police station. These arrangements must be formalized and
acceptable to the extent that the registry official has agreed to this arrangement and local
police are capable of taking the required information from the offender.
A jurisdiction might consider having local law enforcement visit the offender’s residence
and use portable devices to update and confirm information with the offender.
A jurisdiction might consider a procedure in which the offender calls in via video
conferencing and a set of security validation protocols are established to verify the
offender’s location and the time and date.
A jurisdiction might consider mailing a certified reregistration form that the offender
must fill out and “sign” by placing his or her fingerprints and/or thumbprints on the form.
If the offender does not return the form within a specified period, or if the prints on the
form, having been analyzed by law enforcement, do not match the prints of the offender,
then law enforcement personnel are dispatched to the offender’s residence.

The SMART Office encourages jurisdictions to work closely with SMART Office personnel to
identify verification procedures that are both feasible for the jurisdiction and that serve the
purposes of SORNA’s requirements.

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4. Community Notification Requirements of SORNA
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that registration jurisdictions immediately
provide any initial or updated information about a sex offender to entities that fall under specific
categories (see 34 U.S.C. § 20923(b)). Each category is addressed in turn below, with direction
on how jurisdictions can substantially implement its terms.
The National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification require that immediately
after a sex offender registers or updates his or her registration, a jurisdiction shall provide the
information to the following:
1. The Attorney General, who shall include that information in the National Sex Offender
Registry or other appropriate databases.
To meet this requirement, jurisdictions must immediately update any information in the
National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR), a subfolder of the National Crime Information
Center (NCIC) operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. At the direction of the
SMART Office, jurisdictions may also be required to immediately forward registration
information to additional databases. An example would be the forwarding of finger and palm
prints to Next Generation Identification and DNA collection samples or results to the
Combined DNA Index System.
2. Appropriate law enforcement agencies, schools, and public housing agencies.
Jurisdictions may notify these agencies by:
(1)
(2)

ensuring their police departments, sheriffs’ offices, prosecution offices and
probation/parole offices have access to the law-enforcement portion of their sex
offender registry; and
utilizing an email notification system, as discussed below in 5.

In conjunction with the SMART Office, jurisdictions may develop alternative methods for
complying with this section.
3. Each jurisdiction where the sex offender is required to register.
To meet this requirement, jurisdictions must ensure there is a mechanism in place through
which the jurisdiction transmits registration information to all other jurisdictions where an
offender is required to register. This capacity must include not only states, territories and the
District of Columbia, but also every federally recognized Indian tribe that has elected to
operate as a SORNA registration jurisdiction.

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4. Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under 34
U.S.C. § 40102(a).
Each jurisdiction determines which agencies conduct employment-related background checks
under 34 U.S.C. § 40102(a) in that jurisdiction. To meet this requirement, jurisdictions must
check within their own governmental structure to determine:
(1)
(2)

which agencies conduct such background checks, and
how to ensure that those background checks will capture the registration information
gathered from the sex offender by the registering agency.

5. Social service entities responsible for protecting minors; volunteer organizations in which
contact with minors or other vulnerable individuals might occur; and any organization,
company, or individual who requests such notification.
To meet the requirements of this category of community notification, a jurisdiction must do
the following:
(1)
(2)

(3)

immediately update the jurisdiction’s sex offender public website when a sex
offender either registers or updates his or her registration information;
establish an email notification system on the jurisdiction’s sex offender public
website, which initiates a notification when an offender relocates (to include
residence, work and/or school address) in or out of a particular ZIP code or
geographic radius; and automatically emails an individual who properly registers for
the notification system when such a relocation occurs; and
reflect the relocation on the jurisdiction’s sex offender public website.

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5. Using Risk Assessment Under SORNA
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires a conviction-based structure for sex
offenders’ registration and notification requirements. SORNA does not address the use of risk
assessment tools for registration or notification purposes. Many jurisdictions currently use risk
assessment processes for a variety of purposes. These include aiding in making release decisions,
filing civil commitment proceedings, structuring treatment programming and establishing
supervision intensity. Additionally, many states use a risk assessment process to determine the
level and method of community notification for registered sex offenders.
SORNA does not preclude the use of risk assessment tools for community notification purposes,
particularly for the more active methods of notification (e.g., community meetings, flyers, doorto-door canvassing). However, to substantially implement SORNA, some jurisdictions that
currently use risk assessment to determine community notification levels and methods might
need to include a broader class of sex offenders on their public registry websites. In all instances,
jurisdictions may use risk assessment tools as a justification for increasing SORNA’s minimum
notification requirements.
Jurisdictions that use a risk assessment process to determine sex offenders’ duration, reporting
frequency and/or relief from registration requirements will need to modify their systems to match
SORNA’s tier requirements, which depend on the crime of conviction. Jurisdictions may use risk
assessment to increase these requirements as they see fit. The SMART Office encourages
jurisdictions that use an assessment process for community notification purposes to do so
without substantially undermining the purposes of SORNA’s conviction-based tiering or other
requirements.

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6. SORNA: Determination of Residence, Homeless Offenders and
Transient Workers
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that jurisdictions must register homeless
and transient sex offenders, as well as offenders without fixed employment locations. The
National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification advise that, for the purposes
of registration under SORNA, a sex offender resides in a jurisdiction when they:
(1) have a home in a jurisdiction, or
(2) habitually live in a jurisdiction.
A sex offender “habitually lives” in a jurisdiction when they reside in a jurisdiction for more than
30 days (a jurisdiction may specify whether those days must be consecutive or if they can be
aggregated over a longer period of time). Jurisdictions are free to decide how to make the
determination regarding who resides in their jurisdiction, thus triggering a registration
requirement.
Jurisdictions must register homeless sex offenders, and these individuals must provide “some
more or less specific description” of where they habitually live with whatever definiteness is
possible under the circumstances.
Under SORNA, the definition of employee includes individuals who are self-employed or who
work for any other entity, whether compensated or not. For those sex offenders who do not have
a fixed employment location, jurisdictions are expected to register places where such a sex
offender works with whatever definiteness is possible and to the extent it is possible to do so,
such as information about the normal travel routes or general area(s) in which an offender works.
For day laborers the location of a “common gathering point” counts as a “workplace” for
registration purposes.
The SMART Office encourages jurisdictions to consider specific situations and how to handle
them in conformance with the intent of SORNA. Some situations that might require such
consideration are those posed by long-haul truckers, day laborers, temporary workers,
contractors and similarly situated offenders.

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7. SORNA: Text of Registration Offense
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that each jurisdiction’s registry include
“[t]he text of the provision of law defining the criminal offense for which the sex offender is
registered” (see 34 U.S.C. § 20914(b)(2)). The National Guidelines on Sex Offender Registration
and Notification clarified this requirement, indicating that a jurisdiction may meet this SORNA
requirement by ensuring that its internal registry database includes a link or citation to the statute
defining the registration offense, so long as the following conditions are met:
(1)
(2)

doing so provides online access to the linked or cited provision, and
the link or citation will continue to provide access to the full text of the registration
offense as formulated at the time the registrant was convicted of it, even if the
defining statute is subsequently amended.

On its public sex offender registry website, a jurisdiction needs only to include a citation to the
statute under which the offender was convicted, along with the heading of that statute (e.g., 18
U.S.C. § 2241 – Aggravated sexual abuse), to satisfy the SORNA requirement. However,
wherever possible, jurisdictions are encouraged to provide the text of the registration offense as
well.
The SMART Office maintains a database with statutes that date back to the 1960s, which is
available to all SORNA jurisdictions. Please contact the SMART Office for more information
about this resource.

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8. Military Convictions Under SORNA
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), specifically includes certain Uniform Code of
Military Justice (UCMJ) convictions in its definition of “sex offense.”
Department of Defense Instruction 1325.07 contains the specific list of UCMJ convictions that
require registration under SORNA. 1 Jurisdictions must ensure that all of the UCMJ convictions
listed in DOD Instruction 1325.07 are included in their sex offender registration schemes.
In 2015, SORNA was amended to require the Department of Defense to submit information to
the National Sex Offender Registry and the National Sex Offender Public Website about any
person adjudged of a covered sex offense via courts-martial or released from a military
corrections facility after being incarcerated for such an offense. The Department of Defense
continues to work on developing a system to meet its responsibilities under these new provisions,
which are found in 34 U.S.C. § 20931.

See http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/132507p.pdf. The section with this list of
convictions begins on page 80 of the Instruction.

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9. SORNA: Fingerprints and Palm Prints
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that jurisdictions include in their registries
a set of fingerprints and palm prints from each sex offender (see 34 U.S.C. § 20914(b)(5)). The
National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification specify that jurisdictions
must maintain fingerprints and palm prints in digital format to facilitate immediate access and
transmittal of information to various entities.
However, the requirement to maintain fingerprints and palm prints in digital format does not
mean that jurisdictions must use digital fingerprint-scanning devices to obtain registered sex
offenders’ prints. To meet the digital format requirement, jurisdictions may either:
(1)
(2)

use digital fingerprint-scanning devices to obtain registered sex offenders’
fingerprints and palm prints, or
take rolled, inked fingerprints and palm prints on physical cards, then scan the cards
and transfer the prints.

The submission of fingerprints and palm prints to the Next Generation Identification (NGI),
which is run by the Criminal Justice Information Services of the FBI, is required by SORNA.
Note that digital print-scanning devices alert the user as to whether the prints are of sufficient
quality for the NGI system to accept; rolled, inked prints on physical cards that are subsequently
scanned do not. For information on capturing fingerprints and palm prints, see the FBI’s
Biometric page (https://le.fbi.gov/science-and-lab-resources/biometrics-andfingerprints/biometrics).
The SMART Office encourages jurisdictions to consider issues of quality when purchasing
digital print-scanning equipment for uploading and transferring fingerprints and palm prints. For
more information on quality biometric standards, see the FBI’s Programs Research and
Standards Unit’s FBIBiospecs page (https://fbibiospecs.fbi.gov/).
Additionally, tribes participating in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) that have received a TAP
workstation have the capability to collect digital fingerprints and palm prints and submit them
directly to NGI. Other tribal jurisdictions using digital fingerprint-scanning devices should, if
possible, work with the state registry agency to select a device that interfaces with the state’s
system, thus enabling electronic submission of digital prints to NGI through the state system.

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10. Registering Tribal Convictions under SORNA
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires registration for anyone convicted of a sex
offense, which is defined as “a criminal offense that has an element involving a sexual act or
sexual contact with another ...” (see 34 U.S.C. § 20911(5)). Under SORNA, a “criminal offense”
is defined as “a State, local, tribal, foreign, or military offense ... or other criminal offense” (see
34 U.S.C. § 20911(6)).
Many federally recognized Indian tribes have court systems. Furthermore, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs operates Courts of Indian Offenses, sometimes known as CFR courts, on certain Indian
reservations. Convictions that otherwise meet the definitions of “sex offense” under SORNA
(see 34 U.S.C. § 20911(5)) that are obtained in tribal or CFR courts are convictions for purposes
of SORNA registration (see 25 C.F.R. § 11.100 et seq.) and must be included in all SORNA
registration jurisdictions’ codes or enactments.

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11. SORNA: State and Tribal Information Sharing
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that jurisdictions share information within
their jurisdictions as well as with other registration jurisdictions (see 34 U.S.C. §§ 20913(c) and
20923(b)(3)). Because of the unique nature of criminal justice coordination between states and
tribes, collaboration is encouraged in order to facilitate this information sharing.
To meet the requirements of SORNA, tribes may enter memoranda of understanding (MOUs)
and other forms of cooperative agreements with localities and states in order to input information
into federal criminal history, fingerprint, palm print and/or DNA databases. Tribes may also
apply for the Tribal Access Program (TAP) through the Department of Justice, which provides
tribes with access to certain national crime information systems for sex offender registration
purposes. These MOUs, cooperative agreements and/or participation in TAP can also assist with
facilitating the exchange of other necessary information required by SORNA, such as sex
offender registration data, registration updates, custody release notices and other offender
notifications.
For states that have federally recognized Indian tribes located within their boundaries, a detailed
analysis of their efforts and collaboration with such tribes must be an integral part of the state’s
substantial implementation submission. The SMART Office carefully considers tribe and state
situations where the aforementioned solutions are not possible or are prohibited by legislation.

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12. SORNA: Clarification of Registration Jurisdictional Issues
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that sex offenders register in each
jurisdiction where they live, work or go to school (see 34 U.S.C. § 20913(a)).
There are a number of Indian tribes that are SORNA registration jurisdictions and, in some
instances, the geographical apportionment of tribal lands has raised questions about where an
offender must register. For example, some tribal lands are arranged in a patchwork with state or
county land. In such instances, a tribe is responsible for registration functions on land subject to
its law enforcement jurisdiction, and a state is responsible for registration functions on land
subject to its law enforcement jurisdiction.
Sex offenders must initially register in the jurisdiction of conviction. Thereafter, they must
register in each jurisdiction where they live, work or go to school. Jurisdictions do not need to
register a sex offender based on their taking courses at a school remotely through the internet,
unless the participation in the educational program also involves some physical attendance at the
school in the jurisdiction. It is possible that a sex offender will have to register in multiple
registration jurisdictions. For example, if a sex offender lives in Washington, D.C., works in
Virginia and goes to school in Maryland, they will have to register with officials in each of these
jurisdictions and keep their registration current in each. Similarly, a sex offender may work in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and live in the Pueblo of Laguna. They would thus have to register
with officials in both New Mexico and the Pueblo of Laguna. In this instance, if the offender
stops working in Albuquerque and takes up employment at the Pueblo of Laguna, they will have
to notify the New Mexico authorities of the termination of their employment in Albuquerque and
notify the Pueblo of Laguna that they now work in the Pueblo of Laguna.
A sex offender may also reside, be employed and go to school exclusively in a tribal jurisdiction.
If so, SORNA only requires that the offender register with the tribal jurisdiction.
There is no requirement that a state, territory or tribe where an offender previously was
registered must remove an offender from the registry once they are no longer required to register
in that particular jurisdiction.

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13. SORNA: Tribal Election, Delegation to the State and Right of Access
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), created the first opportunity for federally
recognized Indian tribes to be included in a nationwide sex offender registration and notification
system. SORNA specifies, with some restrictions, that a federally recognized Indian tribe may,
by resolution or other enactment of the tribal council or comparable governmental body, elect to
function as a SORNA registration jurisdiction (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929(a)(1)(A)).
As with any registration jurisdiction, tribes may use a variety of approaches to meet SORNA’s
requirements. Tribes may set up their own registration and notification systems, or they may
enter into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and other forms of cooperative agreements with
state or local agencies. These MOUs and/or cooperative agreements may be comprehensive and
far reaching, or they may be tailored to handle specific functionality (e.g., fingerprint or DNA
collection). A tribe may also enter into a consortium with other tribal SORNA registration
jurisdictions (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929(b)). States are encouraged to work with tribes implementing
SORNA to ensure a seamless system of registration is established across the country.
In certain situations, SORNA dictates that the registration functions for tribal areas be delegated
to the state. Some tribes that were eligible to function as registration jurisdictions opted not to be
a SORNA registration jurisdiction, either by formal resolution or by simply not making the
election, thus delegating the responsibility for registration, notification and enforcement to the
state in which they are located (see 34 U.S.C. §§ 20929(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2)(B)). A tribe may also
“opt-out” of its previous election to become a SORNA registration jurisdiction, thus delegating
the responsibility to the state (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929 (a)(1)(B)). Further, SORNA provides that
states are responsible for sex offender registration and notification for tribe(s) subject to the law
enforcement jurisdiction of a state under 18 U.S.C. § 1162, which, generally and with some
exceptions, includes tribes within the mandatory “PL-280” states of Alaska, California,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon and Wisconsin (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929 (a)(2)(A)). Finally, if a
tribe that elected to be a SORNA registration jurisdiction is found to have not substantially
implemented SORNA within a reasonable amount of time or has not maintained implementation
status, the responsibility for sex offender registration, notification and enforcement may be
delegated to the state(s) in which the tribe is located (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929 (a)(2)(C)).
In situations where the responsibility for sex offender registration and notification is delegated to
the state, the state has responsibility to include these tribes in their sex offender registration and
notification scheme. SORNA requires that tribes whose sex offender registration and notification
functions have been delegated to the state “provide access to its territory and such other
cooperation and assistance as may be needed to enable” the state to carry out and enforce the
requirements of SORNA (see 34 U.S.C. § 20929). States and tribes are encouraged to work
collaboratively to ensure registration of sex offenders, monitor and track absconders, and notify
communities of sex offender registrants.

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14. SORNA: Information Required for Notice of International Travel
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that registered sex offenders inform
registry officials of any intended travel outside of the United States at least 21 days prior to the
start of that travel. Pursuant to the National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and
Notification, information about such intended travel is specifically required to be transmitted to
the U.S. Marshals Service.
To substantially implement SORNA, jurisdictions must notify the U.S. Marshals Service’s
National Sex Offender Targeting Center (USMS-NSOTC) with the information below regarding
a registered sex offender’s intended international travel. Jurisdictions are strongly encouraged to
make this notification by way of the Notification of International Travel of Sex Offender form on
the SORNA Exchange Portal, which is available free of charge to all registration jurisdictions.
As an alternative, jurisdictions may directly submit the Notification of International Travel form
to USMS-NSOTC by email at IOD.NSOTC@usdoj.gov, with a subject line of “Sex Offender
Travel Notification.” When a notification of international travel is received, USMS-NSOTC will
provide the notification information to INTERPOL Washington, who will then communicate it
to law enforcement partners at the intended foreign travel destination(s).
Jurisdictions should send the following traveler information to USMS-NSOTC:
Identifying Information
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Full name (last, first, middle)
Alias(es) (if applicable)
Date of birth
Sex
FBI number (for domestic law enforcement use only)
Citizenship
Passport number and country

Travel Information
•
•
•
•

Purpose(s) of travel (business, vacation, military, relocation, deportation, other [specify])
Means of travel (air, bus, car, ship, train, other [specify])
U.S. departure date and location
U.S. return date and location

Criminal Record
•
•
•
•

Date and city, state or jurisdiction of conviction(s)
Offense(s) of conviction requiring registration
Victim information: age/gender/relationship
Registration jurisdiction(s) (name of state, tribe or territory)

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Other
•

•
•
•

Itinerary details (when available), including the name of the airport/train station/port, the
flight/train/ship number, the time of departure, the time of arrival and information about
any intermediate stops, including any cities/towns within countries and points of
arrival/departure from each country
Contact information within destination country
Foreign travel visa information
Notifying agency and contact information

Digital copies or photocopies of all pertinent travel documents should be made at the time a sex
offender provides advance notice of international travel. If such documents are not available, the
jurisdiction should collect identifying information regarding those documents (for example, a
passport number and country of issuance in lieu of a physical copy of a passport). As
appropriate, any new or updated registration information received from an offender (such as a
passport number) should be included in the National Sex Offender Registry.
In addition and at their discretion, jurisdictions are free to directly notify other appropriate law
enforcement agencies of an offender’s intended international travel by whatever means the
jurisdiction deems necessary.

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15. Juvenile Registration and Notification Requirements Under SORNA
Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires that jurisdictions include in their
registries certain juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense. More
specifically, SORNA requires the registration of juveniles who 1) were 14 years of age or older
at the time of the offense, and 2) were adjudicated delinquent of an offense equivalent to or
more severe than aggravated sexual abuse (as described in 18 U.S.C. § 2241). Because of the
severity of these offenses, these juveniles are categorized as tier III offenders under SORNA and
are subject to applicable duration and in-person verification requirements. However, SORNA
does not require lifetime registration without qualification, allowing registration to be terminated
after 25 years for those offenders who have maintained a clean record.
The National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification specify that the
offenses requiring registration for these juveniles are limited to those equivalent to 18 U.S.C.
§ 2241(a) or (b), which are sex offenses generally involving forcible penetration.
Notification to the Public and Community
In 2011, Supplemental Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification were issued
that specifically granted jurisdictions discretion in whether to post information about persons
adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense on the jurisdiction’s public sex offender registry
website. In other words, jurisdictions are no longer required to post such information publicly
in order to substantially implement SORNA, but may do so, if they so choose. Moreover,
jurisdictions may want to consider some form of notification to community agencies or
individuals when a person adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense is in a community as a
resident, student or employee.
For example, a jurisdiction may consider establishing or preserving a notification process
whereby registering agencies will notify secondary school officials when a juvenile sex offender
enrolls in their school. Similarly, a jurisdiction may want to develop a policy so that the
responsible law enforcement agency, student services department or other appropriate office at
an institution of higher education in the community is notified when a juvenile sex offender
commences coursework or changes their registration information. In addition, protection of the
public might necessitate a limited community notification process, whereby agencies and/or
institutions tasked with protecting the interests and welfare of children or concerned parents may
proactively request or petition for disclosure of information about registered juvenile sex
offenders.
Substantial Implementation
A third set of guidelines, the Supplemental Guidelines for Juvenile Registration Under the Sex
Offender Registration and Notification Act (Juvenile Supplemental Guidelines), released in
August 2016, addressed the standards utilized by the SMART Office in reviewing a
jurisdiction’s juvenile sex offender registration and notification system.

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In the event that a jurisdiction does not exactly conform to the juvenile registration requirements
under SORNA, the Juvenile Supplemental Guidelines permit the SMART Office to expand its
inquiry in the process of making a determination as to whether a jurisdiction has substantially
implemented SORNA’s juvenile registration provisions. Specifically, the Juvenile Supplemental
Guidelines allow the SMART Office to review and consider the following:
(1)
(2)
(3)

Policies and practices to prosecute as adults juveniles who commit serious sex
offenses
Policies and practices to register juveniles adjudicated delinquent for serious sex
offenses
Other policies and practices to identify, track, monitor or manage juveniles
adjudicated delinquent for serious sex offenses who are in the community and to
ensure that the records of their identities and sex offenses are available as needed for
public safety purposes

The SMART Office will determine that a jurisdiction relying on these factors has substantially
implemented SORNA’s juvenile registration requirement only if it concludes that these factors,
in conjunction with that jurisdiction’s other policies and practices, have resulted or will result in
the registration, identification, tracking, monitoring or management of juveniles who commit
serious sex offenses, and in the availability of the identities and sex offenses of such juveniles as
needed for public safety purposes, in a manner that does not substantially disserve SORNA’s
objectives.

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U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Program
Statement

OPI:
NUMBER:
DATE:
SUBJECT:

HSD/HSS
P6031.02
8/15/2005
Inmate Copayment
Program

RULES EFFECTIVE: 10/3/2005

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. [§ 549.70(a) The Bureau of Prisons
(Bureau), may under certain circumstances, charge you, an
inmate under our care and custody, a fee for providing you
with health care services.]
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) current health care
system does not include incentives for appropriate use of
health care services by inmates. Charging inmates for health
care services will likely increase the inmate’s respect for
health care and will encourage inmates to be more responsible
for their health care. This policy will be effective and
implemented on
October 3, 2005.
All inmates have access to Bureau health care services. The
Bureau will charge a copay fee for inmate requested visits to
health care providers. Inmates will not be denied access to
necessary health care because of an inmate’s inability to pay
the copay fee.
2. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
are:

The expected outcomes of this program

a. Inmates will be encouraged to be more responsible for
their own health care.
b. The Bureau will promote the appropriate use of health
care services by inmates.
3.

DIRECTIVES REFERENCED
P1330.13
P4500.04
P5290.14

Administrative Remedy Program (12/22/95)
Trust Fund/Warehouse/Laundry Manual (6/16/97)
Admission and Orientation Program (4/3/03)

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[Bracketed Bold - Rules]
Regular Type - Implementing Information
Rules cited in this Program Statement are contained in
28 CFR §§ 549.70–549.74
4.

STANDARD REFERENCED
American Correctional Association 4th Edition Standards
for Adult Correctional Institutions: 4-4345

5. PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. [§ 549.70(b)
Generally, if you are an inmate as described in § 549.71, you
must pay a fee for health care services of $2.00 per health
care visit if you
a.

b.

receive health care services in connection with a
health care visit that you requested, (except for
services described in § 549.72); or
are found responsible through the Disciplinary
Hearing Process to have injured an inmate, who, as a
result of the injury, requires a health care visit.]

28 CFR 549.71 refers to Section 6 of this PS; 28 CFR 549.72
refers to Section 7 of this PS.
If an inmate is evaluated by more than one provider during a
health care visit, the inmate will only be charged for one
visit.
Inmates will be charged a copay fee for a medical evaluation
requested by non-clinical staff if the condition is not an
emergency.
6.

INMATES AFFECTED.

[§ 549.71 This subpart applies to

a.

any individual incarcerated in an institution under
the Bureau’s jurisdiction; or

b.

any other individual, as designated by the Director,
who has been charged with or convicted of an offense
against the United States.]

Inmates assigned in-patient status at the Medical Referral
Centers (MRC) are exempt from a copay fee.

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Inmates designated to an MRC, who are assigned medical or
psychiatric out-patient status, will be charged a copay fee
for inmate requested visits not directly related to their
primary diagnoses.
!

Inmates designated to the general population/work cadre
of an MRC will be charged a copay fee except for services
described in § 549.72 (see Section 7 of this PS).

Inmates in Special Housing Units (SHU) will not be charged a
copay fee for daily visits (rounds) by Health Services staff.
!

Inmates housed in a SHU will be charged a copay fee
except for services described in § 549.72 (see Section 7
of this PS).

7. HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED WITHOUT A COPAY FEE.
[§ 549.72 Services provided without fees. We will not charge
a fee for
a.
b.

Health care services based on staff referrals;
Staff-approved follow-up treatment for a chronic
condition;
Preventive health care services;
Emergency services;
Prenatal care;
Diagnosis or treatment of chronic infectious
diseases;
Mental health care; or
Substance abuse treatment.]

c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Examples of health care services based on staff referrals,
follow-up treatment for chronic conditions, and preventive
health care include, but are not limited to:
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!

Blood pressure monitoring;
Glucose monitoring;
Insulin injections;
Chronic Care Clinics;
Testing for tuberculosis;
Vaccinations;
Wound care; and
Patient education, etc.

8. APPEALING THE FEE. [§ 549.73 You may seek review of
issues related to health service fees through the Bureau’s

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Administrative Remedy Program (see 28 CFR part 542).]
28 CFR 542 refers to Section 7 of this PS.
9. INMATES WITHOUT FUNDS. [§ 549.74 Inmates without funds.
You will not be charged a health care service fee if you are
considered indigent and unable to pay the health care service
fee. The Warden may establish rules and processes to prevent
abuses of this provision.]
An inmate without funds (indigent inmate) is an inmate who has
not had a trust fund account balance of $6.00 for the past 30
days.
Wardens may impose restrictions on an inmate to prevent abuse
of this provision.
Example:

An inmate shows a pattern of depleting his or
her commissary funds before requesting health
care services.

10. PROCEDURES TO COLLECT INMATE COPAY FEE. Based on the
health care provider’s clinical evaluation and diagnosis of
the inmate, Health Services staff will determine whether a
copay fee will be charged.
!

All inmate health care visits will be entered into
TRUFACS by registration number and pay status (i.e.,
paid, non-paid). The date, time, and inmate name will
automatically appear on the screen.

!

Institutions will establish implementation procedures for
data entry. This procedure will be negotiated at the
local level.

!

The Health Services Administrator (HSA) will report the
total number of inmate health care visits, by pay
category, on a monthly basis. The HSA will maintain
these reports for submission as part of the Bureau’s
Annual Report to Congress.

Staff will develop a system to manually capture the
information required above if TRUFACS is unavailable.
!

Inmate consent is not required for deduction of the copay
fee.

!

TRUFACS will automatically establish a debt for any non-

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indigent inmate who is charged a copay fee and does not
have sufficient available funds. Incoming funds will be
applied against this debt until it is satisfied.
Financial Management staff will process inmate copay funds as
required.

11. NOTICE TO INMATES. Notification of the Inmate Copayment
Act will be provided both orally, and in writing, during
Admission and Orientation.
/s/
Harley G. Lappin
Director


U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Program
Statement

OPI:
NUMBER:
DATE:
SUBJECT:

HSD/HSS
P5562.05
7/29/2005
Hunger Strikes

1. [PURPOSE AND SCOPE §549.60. The Bureau of Prisons provides
guidelines for the medical and administrative management of
inmates who engage in hunger strikes. It is the responsibility
of the Bureau of Prisons to monitor the health and welfare of
individual inmates, and to ensure that procedures are pursued to
preserve life.]
2. SUMMARY OF CHANGES. Section 6 has been expanded to include
pretrial and holdover inmates and ICE detainees.
Section 9 identifies Health Services staff and Food Service staff
as those who may offer alternative beverages and nutritional
supplements, if authorized by the physician. This section also
indicates food and toothpaste may be left in the inmate’s cell.
Section 10 describes procedures for notifying the Regional
Counsel when an inmate refuses treatment and the initiation of
involuntary treatment.
3. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
are:

The expected results of this program

a. The health and welfare of any inmate on a hunger strike
will be monitored.
b.

Food and beverages will be offered to inmates regularly.

c. When an inmate’s life or health is threatened, involuntary
medical treatment will be administered.

[Bracketed Bold - Rules]
Regular Type - Implementing Information

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d. Every incident of an inmate on a hunger strike will be
properly reviewed, documented, and reported.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED

4.

a.

Directive Rescinded
P5562.04

b.

Hunger Strikes, Inmate (6/20/94)

Directives Referenced
P5566.05
P6031.01
P6090.01

Use of Force and Application of Restraints on
Inmates (7/25/96)
Patient Care (1/15/05)
Health Information Management (1/15/05)

c. Rules cited in this Program Statement are contained in
28 CFR § 549.60-66.
5.

STANDARDS REFERENCED

a. American Correctional Association 4th Edition Standards for
Adult Correctional Institutions: 4-4257 and 4-4397(M)
b. American Correctional Association 4th Edition Standards for
Adult Local Detention Facilities: 4-ALDF-4D-15(M) and
4-ALDF-2A-52
6. [DEFINITION §549.61.
a hunger strike:

As defined in this rule, an inmate is on

a. When he or she communicates that fact to staff and is
observed by staff to be refraining from eating for a period of
time, ordinarily in excess of 72 hours; or
b. When staff observe the inmate to be refraining from eating
for a period in excess of 72 hours. When staff consider it
prudent to do so, a referral for medical evaluation may be made
without waiting 72 hours.]
A hunger strike may be announced by the inmate, or observed by
staff, even though the inmate may be taking liquids.
#

At times, an inmate may not actually engage in a hunger
strike, but merely make a bid to gain attention.

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Other types of inmates (not on inpatient status in a Bureau of
Prisons Medical Referral Center or hospitalized in the community)
who should be monitored according to this policy include:
#

Inmates who are observed to be unable to eat or drink
by virtue of mental illness or acute medical
conditions. Although not intentionally on a hunger
strike, these inmates are either unwilling or unable to
eat or drink sufficiently to prevent complications.

#

Inmates with metabolic disorders or certain other
illnesses, who deviate from normal eating habits or
intake of fluid, could experience an immediate,
significant hazard to their health and well-being.
In any case, it is also recognized that after long-term
deprivation of food and shorter term deprivation of
fluid, serious irreversible changes can occur, and
sudden death can occur.

Procedures required in this Program Statement apply to pretrial
and holdover inmates and ICE detainees.
7. [INITIAL REFERRAL

§549.62

a. Staff shall refer an inmate who is observed to be on a
hunger strike to medical or mental health staff for evaluation
and, when appropriate, for treatment.]
Each Warden shall establish referral arrangements for the
institution. In addition, staff may consult Health Services
anytime they observe an inmate refraining from consuming food
and/or liquids prior to 72 hours.
[b. Medical staff ordinarily shall place the inmate in a
medically appropriate locked room for close monitoring.]
Ordinarily, placement in the medically appropriate room is a
determination the institution physician makes. This room will be
a single cell observation room (i.e., dry cell or cell with water
shut-off capabilities), where no other inmate contact is possible
(i.e., other inmates can’t pass food or liquid items to the
inmate on hunger strike status).
Inmates in Administrative Detention or Disciplinary Segregation
may be retained in this status and remain in the SHU unless the
physician determines movement to other quarters is medically
necessary.

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The Warden is to determine the type of observation for hunger
strike inmates (e.g. continuous, 15 minute checks, routine).
#

Under no circumstances will inmate companions be used
to monitor hunger strike inmates.

8. [INITIAL MEDICAL EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT §549.63
a. Medical staff shall ordinarily perform the following
procedures upon initial referral of an inmate on a hunger strike:
(1)

Measure and record height and weight;

(2)

Take and record vital signs;

(3)

Urinalysis;

(4)

Psychological and/or psychiatric evaluation;

(5)

General medical evaluation;

(6)

Radiographs as clinically indicated;

(7)

Laboratory studies as clinically indicated.]

If an inmate refuses the initial medical evaluation, a signed
Refusal of Treatment form (BP-A358) must be obtained and also
documented in the Progress Notes (SF-600) of the Inmate’s Health
Record. (Refer to the Program Statement on Patient Care)
[b. Medical staff shall take and record weight and vital signs
at least once every 24 hours while the inmate is on a hunger
strike. Other procedures identified in paragraph (a) of this
section shall be repeated as medically indicated.
c. When valid medical reasons exist, the physician may modify,
discontinue, or expand any of the medical procedures described in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
d. When medical staff consider it medically mandatory, an
inmate on a hunger strike will be transferred to a Medical
Referral Center or to another Bureau institution considered
medically appropriate, or to a community hospital.]
The decision to transfer an inmate on a hunger strike for
medical reasons should only be made after consultation with a
physician.

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#

The inmate should be admitted to a community hospital
if his medical condition warrants continuous enteral
(oral) or intravenous support.

#

Local institutions need not transfer an inmate on a
hunger strike to a Medical Referral Center (MRC) unless
an MRC’s specific services are required.

#

Mentally ill inmates who do not eat or drink for more
than 30 days, regardless of the apparent reason, should
be referred to an MRC for evaluation and treatment of
the underlying mental illness.

e. Medical staff shall record in the appropriate section of
the inmate’s Health Record, entries for all the medical
procedures described in this section. (Refer to the Program
Statement on Health Information Management.)
9.

[FOOD/LIQUID INTAKE/OUTPUT §549.64

a. Staff shall prepare and deliver to the inmate’s room three
meals per day or as otherwise authorized by the physician.]
A verbal offer of a meal will not suffice. Food from the food
tray may be left in the inmate’s cell. Ordinarily, when the food
tray is left in the inmate’s cell, perishable food items will not
be left for more than two hours.
[b. Staff shall provide the inmate an adequate supply of
drinking water. Other beverages shall also be offered.
c. Staff shall remove any commissary food items and private
food supplies of the inmate while the inmate is on a hunger
strike. An inmate may not make commissary food purchases while
under hunger strike management.]
An inmate under hunger strike management may still purchase
non-food items, such as stamps, from the commissary. The inmate
is allowed to have toothpaste in the dry cell.
d. All food and water intake and output will be monitored and
recorded as needed or to the extent possible. The Warden shall
make this determination after consultation with the physician.
This procedure is to continue until ended by a physician.
#

This means a dry cell must be available for housing
hunger strike inmates.

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Health Services and Food Service staff may offer alternative
beverages, including liquid nutritional supplements, if
authorized by the physicians. Any beverages other than drinking
water must be documented (e.g. BP-S292) and that information
relayed to Health Services staff. Acceptance of liquids alone
should not be documented as accepting a meal.
10. [REFUSAL TO ACCEPT TREATMENT §549.65
a. When, as a result of inadequate intake or abnormal output,
a physician determines that the inmate’s life or health will be
threatened if treatment is not initiated immediately, the
physician shall give consideration to involuntary medical
treatment of the inmate.]
The decision to force treatment upon the inmate is a medical
decision, preferably by a written physician’s order, with
potential legal implications.
When it appears to medical staff that the inmate’s condition is
deteriorating to the extent that intervention may soon be
required, the Regional Counsel must be notified so any legal
issues may be addressed. Although legal counsel has been
notified, medical staff should not suspend or delay involuntary
treatment if the physician is convinced to a reasonable medical
certainty that there is an immediate threat to the inmate’s life,
or permanent damage to the inmate’s health.
Regional Counsel will determine whether it is appropriate to
contact the local U.S. Attorney’s Office.
#

In the case of potential involuntary treatment of a
pretrial inmate, institution legal staff or the
Regional Counsel must be notified that intervention may
be required, in order to determine whether the court
should be notified.

#

In all such situations, the Regional Counsel will
inform the Regional Director.

[b. Prior to medical treatment being administered against the
inmate’s will, staff shall make reasonable efforts to convince
the inmate to voluntarily accept treatment. Medical risks faced
by the inmate if treatment is not accepted shall also be
explained to the inmate. Staff shall document their treatment
efforts in the medical record of the inmate.

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c. When, after reasonable efforts, or in an emergency
preventing such efforts, a medical necessity for immediate
treatment of a life or health threatening situation exists, the
physician may order that treatment be administered without the
consent of the inmate. Staff shall document their treatment
efforts in the medical record of the inmates.]
Written reports of such treatment shall be submitted to the
Medical Director and Regional Director. The Warden shall provide
prompt notification and any involuntary treatment under this
Program Statement to the sentencing judge, with an explanation of
the background of and the reasons for the treatment. The outcome
of the hunger strike and the treatment administered shall also be
reported.
When a physician orders involuntary medical treatment, to
include placing a nasogastric tube for feeding, and the inmate
refuses to comply, as with any other use-of-force, these events
should be videotaped.
All staff involved in the use of force shall wear appropriate
protective clothing as outlined in the Use of Force Program
Statement.
Only the physician may order involuntary medical treatment.
#

Normally, this is to consist of a nasogastric tube for
feeding.

#

If unsuccessful or medically inappropriate, then
intravenous fluids and hyperalimentations intravenously
may be necessary.

#

As a last report, gastrostomy and tube feeding through
the stomach may be required, however, review by the
appropriate court should first be sought before
attempting this treatment.

#

Simple IVs may be performed in the institution,
however, hyperalimentations or gastrostomy tube feeding
must be performed in a hospital or an MRC (see Clinical
Treatment Guidelines or Medical Management of Inmates).

[d. Staff shall continue clinical and laboratory monitoring as
necessary until the inmate’s life or permanent health is no
longer threatened.]

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Normally, treatment must continue until adequate oral intake of
food and liquid is achieved. Medical monitoring for severe or
life-threatening complications of malnutrition may continue, at
the physician’s discretion, beyond the point at which the inmate
resumes adequate oral intake.
[e. Staff shall continue medical, psychiatric and/or
psychological follow-up as long as necessary.]
11. [RELEASE FROM TREATMENT §549.66. Only the physician may
order that an inmate be released from hunger strike evaluation
and treatment. This order shall be documented in the medical
record of the inmate.]
Documentation is to be made in the Progress Notes section of the
Inmate’s Health Record.
12. MEDICAL JUDGMENT. None of the procedures or guidelines in
this Program Statement are meant to limit or override the
exercise of sound medical judgment by the physician responsible
for medical care.
#

Each case must be evaluated on its own merits and
individual circumstances.

#

Treatment is to be given and documented in accordance
with accepted medical practice.

/s/
Harley G. Lappin
Director


U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division

Protecting the
Religious Freedom
of All:
Federal Laws Against
Religious Discrimination

“In this Land of equal liberty it is
our boast, that a man’s religious
tenets will not forfeit the protection
of the Laws, nor deprive him of the
right of attaining and holding the
highest Offices that are known in
the United States.”
George Washington

INTRODUCTION
Religious liberty was central to the Founders’
vision for America, and is the “first freedom”
listed in the First Amendment of the Bill of
Rights. A critical component of religious liberty
is the right of people of all faiths to participate
fully in the benefits and privileges of society
without facing discrimination based on their reli
gion.
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of
Justice enforces federal statutes that prohibit dis
crimination based on religion in education,
employment, housing, public accommodations,
and access to public facilities. In addition, the
Civil Rights Division prosecutes bias crimes
committed against individuals because of their
religion and acts of vandalism and arson against
houses of worship. The Civil Rights Division
also is authorized to bring suit to enforce the
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons
Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), which protects individuals
and houses of worship from discriminatory and
unduly burdensome zoning regulations, and pro
tects the religious exercise of prisoners and other
institutionalized persons.
This brochure provides an introduction to the
laws against religious discrimination enforced
by the Department of Justice, and information on
how to report claims to the various sections of
the Civil Rights Division and where to learn
more about your rights.
1

Education
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❖

❖

A group of students form a Bible club and
ask for permission to meet in a classroom
before school. While other student-created
groups are given meeting space, the Bible
club is barred because it is religious.
Two Muslim sisters are told by a school
principal that they cannot wear their hijabs
(head-covering scarves) to school due to a
no-hats policy, despite the fact that the
school has made exceptions to the policy
for other students.
A teacher berates a student in front of the
class because he does not share the faith of
the teacher and the rest of the class, leading
to repeated harassment of the student by
other children.

These examples may be violations of federal
law, which prohibits the denial of educational
opportunities because of a person’s religion. The
Division’s Educational Opportunities Section
enforces these laws in elementary and secondary
schools, as well as public colleges and universi
ties. The Educational Opportunities Section’s
work addresses discrimination in all aspects of
education, including curricular and extracurricu
lar activities, the transportation of students, the
hiring and placement of faculty and administra
tors, and distribution of school resources.

2

If you believe that you or your child has been
denied access to an educational program or oth
erwise discriminated against by a school operat
ed by a state or local government, you can con
tact the Division’s Educational Opportunities
Section toll free at (877) 292-3804, or write to:
Educational Opportunities Section – PHB, Civil
Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 950
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20530. Further information is available at
www.usdoj.gov/crt/edo.

Employment Discrimination
❖

❖

❖

A Jewish instructor for a county job train
ing program is told that he may not wear
his yarmulke while teaching classes.
A store clerk who is a Seventh-day Adventist
is scheduled to work on a Saturday, his
Sabbath. Despite the willingness of a cowork
er with the same level of experience to switch
shifts with him, his supervisor tells him that
he must work Saturday or be fired.
A supervisor passes over a qualified Mormon
applicant for a job and is later overheard
saying to a colleague that he would not feel
comfortable working closely with a Mormon.

These examples may be violations of Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits
discrimination against persons based on their
religion in hiring, promotion, or in the terms and
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conditions of employment. Title VII also requires
that employers reasonably accommodate the reli
gious needs of employees, such as Sabbath obser
vance, if it would not be an undue burden on the
employer to do so. If you believe that an employer,
a labor organization or an employment agency has
discriminated against you because of your religion,
or has refused to make a reasonable accommoda
tion of your religious needs, you may call the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) at (800) 669-4000 to be put in contact with
the EEOC office nearest you.
The Civil Rights Division handles individual
cases of religious discrimination against state and
local government employers upon referral from
the EEOC. The Civil Rights Division also has
authority to bring suit against state or local gov
ernment employers when there is a pattern of
activity or a policy that violates Title VII. If you
believe a state or local government has violated
your rights under Title VII, you can call the
Division's Employment Litigation Section at
(202) 514-3831, or write to: Employment Litigation
Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20530. Further information is available at
ww.usdoj.gov/crt/emp.

Housing
❖

An apartment complex has a meeting room
that is available for residents to reserve for
card games, social activities, and similar
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events. A resident is told that she may not
use the room to hold a Bible study with
friends.
❖

❖

A Sikh man wearing a turban is told by a
landlord that there are no apartments avail
able in a complex, but later the same day
the landlord tells other prospective tenants
that there are units available.
A tenant in public housing places a statue of
the Virgin Mary on her balcony. Although
other tenants are permitted to place similarly
sized decorative objects on their balconies,
the property manager says that religious
items are not allowed in public housing.

These examples may be violations of the Fair
Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in
the sale or rental of housing, including refusal to
rent or sell to someone based on his or her reli
gion and discrimination based on religion in the
terms, conditions, or privileges of a sale or
rental. The Civil Rights Division's Housing and
Civil Enforcement Section ((800) 896-7743) han
dles cases involving either a pattern or practice of
discrimination or a denial of rights to a group of
persons when such denial raises an issue of gener
al public importance, while the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ((800)
669-9777) investigates individual complaints of
housing discrimination. The section’s mailing
address is: Housing and Civil Enforcement
Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of
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Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20530. Further information is available at
www.usdoj.gov/crt/housing.

Public Accommodations and Facilities
❖

❖

A town rents its community center to local
groups for meetings, but refuses to rent it to
a local Hindu group that wants to hold a
Divali festival and a group that wants to
hold a Christian music concert. The town
tells both groups that it has a no-religious
activities policy at the center.
Three Buddhist monks go out to a restaurant
wearing robes, but the proprietor says “we
don’t allow religious clothes in here. Come
back when you are dressed normally.”

These examples may be violations of federal law.
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination based on religion in public accom
modations, such as restaurants, theaters, and hotels.
Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination based on religion in public facilities
owned or operated by a state or local government.
The Division’s Housing and Civil Enforcement
Section (contact information above) enforces these
statutes and ensures that religious individuals and
institutions have equal access to public facilities
and accommodations. Further information is avail
able at www.usdoj.gov/crt/housing.

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Zoning and Landmarking Laws
❖

❖

❖

❖

A small church is denied a permit to oper
ate out of a storefront in a commercial zone,
even though nonprofit groups including fra
ternal lodges, a dance studio, and a theater
company are permitted in the same zone.
A town’s zoning ordinance requires all hous
es of worship to obtain a variance in order to
locate within its borders. While there are a
number of churches already in town, every
application for a new house of worship since
the ordinance was adopted has been denied.
A rabbi periodically holds prayer meetings
in his home with 10 to 15 people. He is cited
for zoning violations for operating a house
of worship in a residential zone.
A Hindu congregation is denied a building
permit despite meeting all zoning require
ments for height, setback, and parking. The
zoning administrator is overheard making a
disparaging remark about Hindus.

These examples may be violations of the Religious
Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of
2000 (RLUIPA), which protects individuals,
houses of worship, and other religious institu
tions from zoning and landmarking laws that
substantially burden religious exercise without a
compelling government justification. RLUIPA
also bars the government from applying zoning
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and landmarking laws in a manner that discrimi
nates against particular religions, treats religious
assemblies or institutions on less than equal
terms than nonreligious assemblies or institu
tions, or unreasonably excludes houses of wor
ship from a jurisdiction. The Civil Rights Division
is authorized to bring suit to enforce RLUIPA. If
you believe your rights against discriminatory or
unduly burdensome zoning and landmarking laws
have been violated, you may contact the Division’s
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section (contact
information above). More information is available
at www.usdoj.gov/crt/housing/rluipaexplain.htm.

Religious Exercise of
Institutionalized Persons
❖

❖

❖

A prison makes no provision for kosher
meals, despite the repeated requests of
three Jewish prisoners who have identified
a low-cost provider of such meals.
Catholic prisoners seek space in a prison
chapel on Sunday and permission for a vol
unteer priest to come in to say Mass, but are
told that they should attend the nondenomi
national Christian service run by the prison’s
Protestant chaplain.
A Native American prisoner has his medi
cine bag confiscated during intake to a
prison, although other prisoners are permit
ted to keep rosary beads, crosses, and other
physically equivalent small religious items.

8

RLUIPA, discussed with regard to zoning and
landmarking law above, also contains a provi
sion protecting the religious exercise of inmates
and other persons confined to certain institu
tions. RLUIPA requires that actions by officials
which impose a substantial burden on the insti
tutionalized person’s religious exercise must be
justified by a compelling government interest
and must be the least restrictive means available
to achieve that interest. The Division’s Special
Litigation Section ((202) 514-6255) is authorized
to bring RLUIPA cases involving institutionalized
persons. The mailing address is: Special Litigation
Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsyl
vania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530.
Further information is available at www.usdoj.gov/
crt/split.

Crimes Against Persons and Property
❖

❖

❖

❖

A mosque is spray-painted with anti-Muslim
graffiti.
Shortly after a Jewish family moves into a
neighborhood, a brick painted with a
swastika is thrown through their window.
A Sikh man wearing a turban goes to a
restaurant, but a group of teenagers loiter
ing in front tells him that if he tries to enter
wearing the turban they will beat him up.
Three white men intentionally set fire to an
African Methodist Episcopal church on a
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Saturday night. One of the men later is
overheard in a bar laughing about the fire
and making racial remarks.
These examples may be criminal violations of
federal civil rights laws. It is a federal crime to
injure, threaten, or intimidate people because of
their religion in order to interfere with their exer
cise of federally guaranteed rights, such as the
purchase or rental of a home, patronage of pub
lic accommodations such as restaurants and the
aters, use of public parks and other facilities,
attendance at a school or college, or participation
in government programs. Federal law also crim
inalizes arson and vandalism against houses of
worship committed either because of the race or
ethnicity of the group using the property or, in
certain circumstances, because of the religious
nature of the property. If you have been the vic
tim of a bias-related crime, you should call your
local police and the nearest local office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. You also may
call your local U.S. Attorney’s office. The FBI
and U.S. Attorneys have publicly listed offices in
most major cities. In addition, you may call the
Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division at
(202) 514-3204. The mailing address is:
Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530. Further informa
tion is available at www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim.

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Special Counsel for Religious
Discrimination
In order to coordinate cases involving religionbased discrimination among the various sections
of the Civil Rights Division, and to oversee out
reach efforts to religious communities, the
Justice Department has created the position of
Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination. If
you are unsure which section of the Civil Rights
Division to contact, or if you have any problems
reaching one of the sections listed above, you
may call the Special Counsel’s office at (202)
353-8622 (voice) or (202) 514-0716 (TDD), or
write to: Special Counsel for Religious
Discrimination, Office of the Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Room 5531, Washington, D.C. 20530. Further
information about the Civil Rights Division’s
initiatives to fight religious discrimination is avail
able at www.usdoj.gov/crt/religdisc/religdisc.html.

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Protecting the Religious Freedom
of All:
Federal Laws Against Religious
Discrimination
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt
June 2005


U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons

OPI:
NUMBER:
DATE:
SUBJECT:

Program
Statement

CPD/CCB
P7030.01
2/23/2005
Community Corrections
Mission and
Responsibilities

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. To outline the mission and
responsibilities of community corrections, a component within the
Correctional Programs Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons
(Bureau).
2. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. The expected results of this program are
to clearly outline the duties, responsibilities, and job controls
of community corrections staff.
3.

STANDARDS REFERENCED.

4.

DIRECTIVES REFERENCED
P1400.04
P3906.16
P7010.05

None

Contact with other Agencies and Organizations
(9/9/96)
Employee Development Manual (3/21/97)
Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Bureau of
Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshal Service (USMS)
(12/6/93)

5.
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS MISSION STATEMENT. The mission of
community corrections is to establish and oversee contracts for
community-based programs and to secure bed space for federal
offenders serving their sentences in non-Bureau facilities.
Community corrections also provides support to Bureau
institutions by reviewing and classifying newly-sentenced
offenders.
Community corrections staff:
a. Develop and oversee contract facilities that provide:
#

pre-release assistance for inmates who are nearing
their release date, and

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#

a structured environment for certain probationers,
parolees, and supervised releases.

b. Develop and oversee contract facilities that provide secure
confinement for sentenced federal offenders housed in non-federal
facilities, including federal juvenile offenders.
c. Develop and maintain working relationships with the federal
law enforcement family, as well as state and local governments.
d. Provide inmate systems and case management services to
offenders in non-Bureau facilities.
e. Provide technical assistance to state and local criminal
justice agencies and serve as the general liaison between the
Bureau and the public.
f. Develop and oversee contracts for community-based
transitional drug abuse treatment (TDAT).
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. The
Community Corrections Branch (CCB) is a component of the
Correctional Programs Division (CPD) located in the Central
Office, Washington, DC.

6.

a.

The CCB Administrator
#

b.

reports to CPD’s Senior Deputy Assistant Director.
is responsible for providing guidance and policy
direction to Bureau staff on community corrections
initiatives.

CCB

The Community Corrections Regional Administrator (CCRA)
#

is responsible for all community corrections operations
within his or her region and the management of contract
resources (funds) associated with contract confinement
and community corrections programs. These duties are
performed under the direction of the Regional Director.

c. The Regional Management Team (RMT) is ordinarily
comprised of the following:
#

CCRA

#

Assistant Regional Administrator (sometimes filled in
lieu of Management Center Administrator (MCA),

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#

Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Coordinator (T-DATC),

#

Community Corrections Regional Safety Specialist
(CCRSS),

#

Community Corrections Regional Inmate Systems
Specialist (CCRISS), and
Administrative Officer.

#

The RMT provides guidance to community correction staff within
their region and works under the direction of the CCRA.
d. The Community Corrections Manager (CCM) is responsible for
all community corrections operations in their assigned judicial
district(s).
#

The CCM provides direction to the:
•
•
•
•
•

Community Corrections Contract Oversight
Specialist (COS),
Case Manager,
Legal Instruments Examiner (LIE),
Community Corrections Specialist (CCS), and
Community Corrections Administrative Assistant
(AA).

The CCM works under the direction of the RMT.
e.

The CCM office:
#

is responsible for processing requests for designation,

#

computing inmate sentences,

#

managing inmates transitioning from an institution to a
community-based facility, and

#

monitoring contract facilities within their assigned
judicial district(s).

CCMs must ensure that U.S. Probation Offices (USPOs) and the
U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) are informed of any significant
changes in Bureau policy and procedures.
f. The Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Coordinator
(T-DATC) is responsible for the management and oversight of
contract resources for community-based drug abuse treatment.

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#

The T-DATC provides direction to the:
•
•
•

Drug Abuse Treatment Oversight Specialist (DATOS),
Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Specialist (TDATS), and
TDAT Management Analyst.

7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. The RMT provides technical assistance
to community corrections staff during operational reviews to
ensure previously noted deficiencies have been corrected, or
satisfactory alternatives have been developed. The RMT assesses
the office’s progress towards implementing any new program
initiatives and provides on-going assistance as needed.
QUALITY CONTROL PLANS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PLANS

8.

a.

A quality control plan (QCP) is:
#

a written group of activities designed to ensure a
standard of excellence;

#

a system or process for monitoring program outcomes
through inspections or reviews;

#

intended to provide the responsible program manager
with key information to help measure the quality of
work performed, and

#

a successful plan will allow program managers to
operate within acceptable quality levels.

A QCP will clearly identify the following:
#

the specific program outcome to be monitored (e.g., CCC
referrals - timeliness, responsiveness, completeness of
log entries; designations - timeliness, accuracy of
scoring, completeness of comments, and log entries),

#

the method (e.g., review of SENTRY runs, files, logs)
and frequency (e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) of
conducting and reporting inspections, and

#

the community corrections staff responsible for
completing the inspections.

Program managers will have their QCP reviewed and approved by the
RMT, to include any revisions. Policy changes, QCP inspection
reports, operational and/or program review reports, and staff
turnovers will indicate if there is a need for QCP revisions.

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b.

Similar to a QCP, a quality assurance plan (QAP) is:
#

a written group of activities designed to ensure a
level of excellence;

#

intended to provide responsible program administrators
(e.g., CCRA, CCB Administrator) with key information to
help measure the quality of work performed by a program
manager and staff under their supervision; and

#

intended to develop and implement a successful plan
that will provide administrators with an assurance that
programs under their responsibility are meeting their
objectives.

The QAP should clearly identify the elements (e.g., specific
outcome, method and frequency of conducting and reporting, and,
staff responsibilities) of the plan.
An administrator's QAP will be based on the premise that program
managers, and not the administrator, have primary responsibility
for the management and quality control of program outcomes. An
administrator's QAP is not a substitute for quality control by
the program manager.
The method and frequency of conducting and reporting QAP
inspections will rely primarily on a review of QCP inspection
reports. A review of QCP reports, coupled with independent
sampling, provides the basis for QAP reports.
9. STAFF TRAINING. The RMTs are responsible for establishing
training and educational programs to upgrade the expertise of and
prepare staff for progressively more responsible positions.
Training standards can be found in the Employee Development
Manual Program Statement.
#

Training requirements for community corrections
trainees can be found in the Community Corrections
Trainee and Reference Guide.

Continuing education is particularly critical for TDAT staff.
technology progresses, innovative techniques for treating the
drug-dependent inmate population continue to be developed.

As

TDAT staff are expected, through on-going professional reading
and annual continuing education, to become aware of the latest
approaches to therapeutic interventions. TDAT staff are to
become knowledgeable of the techniques that provide the greatest
benefit to the inmate population.

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When resources permit, the Bureau’s Central Office Psychology
Services Branch will sponsor a continuing education program to
help TDAT staff meet this obligation.
10. PUBLIC RELATIONS. Community corrections staff are to
establish and maintain rapport with federal agencies including
the courts, USPOs, the USMS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), and United States Attorneys Offices.
The RMT will routinely evaluate liaison and public relations
functions to ensure community corrections staff are maintaining
on-going contacts, establishing good working relationships, and
disseminating accurate information regarding significant changes
within the Bureau to the appropriate agencies. This can be
completed by telephone, through in-person contacts with various
members of these agencies, or by questions directed to community
corrections staff.
Community corrections staff must periodically visit these
agencies to exchange information and keep them abreast of Bureau
activities and programs. For further information refer to the
Contact with other Agencies and Organizations Program Statement.
a. Federal Courts. Community corrections staff are to
regularly advise federal courts of services and programs
available to inmates and of relevant changes in Bureau policies
and procedures.
Community corrections staff can coordinate with Chief U.S.
Probation Officers to attend meetings of the U.S. District Court
and arrange periodic informal visits with judges and magistrates.
Community corrections staff serve as a link between judges and
Bureau wardens by inviting and escorting judges to community
corrections centers (CCCs) and Bureau institutions, and by
encouraging judges to participate in Bureau conferences and other
Bureau activities.
b. U.S. Probation Office. It is essential that community
corrections staff develop close working relationships with USPOs
in their assigned districts. Community corrections staff will
take the lead in inviting U.S. Probation Officers to visit and
participate in monitoring contract programs, to participate in
training at institutions, contractor training sessions, prerelease meetings, CCC staff meetings, and Bureau and probation
training conferences.
Community corrections staff will encourage U.S. Probation
Officers to make use of CCC programs for appropriately sentenced
offenders.

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c. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA).
The community corrections office with responsibility for the
District of Columbia (DC) must interact with CSOSA as it does
with any USPO.
CSOSA is responsible for functions of parole, probation, and
pretrial supervision of inmates sentenced in DC Superior Court.
d. U.S. Marshals Service. The Bureau utilizes jails jointly
with the USMS and often depends on them to secure and monitor
jail contracts.
The Bureau also depends on the USMS to assume custody of CCC
failures and other offenders in Bureau custody. Cooperation with
the USMS in the designation process is essential for efficient
operations.
Community corrections and USMS staff must meet on a regular
basis. See the Interagency Agreement Between the U.S. Bureau of
Prisons (Bureau) and the U.S. Marshals Service Program Statement.
e. State, Local & Private Agencies. Community corrections
staff must be sensitive to the needs and concerns of the local
community. They must be aware of, and communicate with state and
local corrections agencies, law enforcement, and social services
agencies.
Community corrections staff should participate on community
advisory boards and local civic groups and be sensitive to the
concerns of locally-elected officials.
f. Bureau Institutions. Communication between community
corrections staff and institution staff is essential. The
community corrections office often serves as the link between
federal courts, USPOs, and Bureau institutions.
Community corrections staff must schedule regular visits to
Bureau institutions in their geographical area of responsibility.
Meetings will be scheduled with appropriate staff to keep them
advised of contract resources, program initiatives, referral
procedures, etc.
Community corrections staff must consult with wardens in their
districts regarding the possibility of providing training during
regularly scheduled institution training classes.
Community corrections staff will attend pre-release meetings at
institutions to discuss the expectations of the community
corrections program, CCC rules, and the requirements of
participating in special programs, such as TDAT. Inmates will be

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given a clear understanding that they are still in the custody of
the Bureau while residing in a CCC and their access to the
community will be restricted depending on individual
circumstances.
Community corrections staff are encouraged to invite institution
staff to visit CCC facilities and treatment providers on a
regular basis.

/s/
Harley G. Lappin
Director