# 28 CFR § 522.30: Purpose and scope

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.30

## Section

- **Citation:** 28 CFR § 522.30
- **Heading:** Purpose and scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 28—Judicial Administration > CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER B—INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER > PART 522—ADMISSION TO INSTITUTION > Subpart D—Unescorted Transfers and Voluntary Surrenders

## Text

When the court orders or recommends an unescorted commitment to a Bureau of Prisons institution, the Bureau of Prisons authorizes the commitment and designates the institution for service of sentence. The Bureau of Prisons also authorizes furlough transfers of inmates between Bureau of Prisons institutions or to nonfederal institutions in appropriate circumstances in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3622 or 4082, and within the guidelines of the Bureau of Prisons policy on furloughs, which allows inmates to travel unescorted and to report voluntarily to an assigned institution.
[61 FR 64953, Dec. 9, 1996]

## Nearby sections

- [28 CFR § 522.10 § 522.10 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.10.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.11 § 522.11 Civil contempt commitments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.11.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.12 § 522.12 Relationship between existing criminal sentences imposed under the U.S. or D.C. Code and new civil contempt commitment orders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.12.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.13 § 522.13 Relationship between existing civil contempt commitment orders and new criminal sentences imposed under the U.S. or D.C. Code.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.13.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.14 § 522.14 Inmates serving civil contempt commitments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.14.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.15 § 522.15 No good time credits for inmates serving only civil contempt commitments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.15.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.20 § 522.20 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.20.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.21 § 522.21 Procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.21.md)
- [28 CFR § 522.30 § 522.30 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-522.30.md)

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