Opinion ID: 3053943
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Pre-release custody.—The Bureau of Prisons

Text: shall, to the extent practicable, assure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends a reasonable part, not to exceed six months, of the last 10 per centum of the term to be served under conditions that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to adjust to and prepare for the prisoner’s re-entry into the community. ... 5 All references herein to this statute are to the version of § 3621 that was effective July 27, 2006 to April 8, 2008. 15300 UNITED STATES v. MILLER (e) Supervision after release.—A prisoner whose sentence includes a term of supervised release after imprisonment shall be released by the [BOP] to the supervision of a probation officer who shall, during the term imposed, supervise the person released to the degree warranted by the conditions specified by the sentencing court. The term of supervised release commences on the day the person is released from imprisonment . . . . § 3624 (emphasis added). Read together, Sections 3621(b) and 3624(c) give the BOP explicit authority to “designate the place of the prisoner’s imprisonment,” § 3621(b), and “spend[ ] a reasonable part . . . of the [term of imprisonment] to be served [in] conditions that . . . prepare for the prisoner’s reentry into the community.” § 3624(c).