§ 541.23 Administrative detention status.

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Title 28 CFR: Judicial Administration › Chapter V: BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Part 541: INMATE DISCIPLINE AND SPECIAL HOUSING UNITS › Subpart B: Special Housing Units › § 541.23: § 541.23 Administrative detention status.

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You may be placed in administrative detention status for the following reasons:

(a)

Pending Classification or Reclassification.

You are a new commitment pending classification or under review for Reclassification.

(b)

Holdover Status.

You are in holdover status during transfer to a designated institution or other destination.

(c)

Removal from general population.

Your presence in the general population poses a threat to life, property, self, staff, other inmates, the public, or to the security or orderly running of the institution and:

(1)

Investigation.

You are under investigation or awaiting a hearing for possibly violating a Bureau regulation or criminal law;

(2)

Transfer.

You are pending transfer to another institution or location;

(3)

Protection cases.

You requested, or staff determined you need, administrative detention status for your own protection; or

(4)

Post-disciplinary detention.

You are ending confinement in disciplinary segregation status, and your return to the general population would threaten the safety, security, and orderly operation of a correctional facility, or public safety.

[75 FR 76273, Dec. 8, 2010; 75 FR 81854, Dec. 29, 2010]

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