§ 511.13 Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds.

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Title 28—Judicial Administration > CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION > PART 511—GENERAL MANAGEMENT POLICY > Subpart B—Searching and Detaining or Arresting Non-Inmates

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Bureau staff may search you and your belongings (for example, bags, boxes, vehicles, containers in vehicles, jackets or coats, etc.) before entering, or while inside, any Bureau facilities or Bureau grounds, to keep out prohibited objects.

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§ 511.13 Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds. · 28 CFR § 511.13 | Frix