# 28 CFR § 570.21: Time-frames

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.21

## Section

- **Citation:** 28 CFR § 570.21
- **Heading:** Time-frames
- **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 D—COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RELEASE > PART 570—COMMUNITY PROGRAMS > Subpart B—Pre-Release Community Confinement

## Text

(a) Community confinement. Inmates may be designated to community confinement as a condition of pre-release custody and programming during the final months of the inmate's term of imprisonment, not to exceed twelve months.
(b) Home detention. Inmates may be designated to home detention as a condition of pre-release custody and programming during the final months of the inmate's term of imprisonment, not to exceed the shorter of ten percent of the inmate's term of imprisonment or six months.
(c) Exceeding time-frames. These time-frames may be exceeded when separate statutory authority allows greater periods of community confinement as a condition of pre-release custody.

## Nearby sections

- [28 CFR § 570.20 § 570.20 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.20.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.21 § 570.21 Time-frames.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.21.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.22 § 570.22 Designation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.22.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.30 § 570.30 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.30.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.31 § 570.31 Inmate eligibility for furloughs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.31.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.32 § 570.32 Types of furloughs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.32.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.33 § 570.33 Justification for furlough.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.33.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.34 § 570.34 Expenses of furlough.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.34.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.35 § 570.35 Transfer furlough eligibility requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.35.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.36 § 570.36 Non-transfer furlough eligibility requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.36.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.37 § 570.37 Procedures to apply for a furlough.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.37.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.38 § 570.38 Conditions of Furlough.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.38.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.40 § 570.40 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.40.md)
- [28 CFR § 570.41 § 570.41 Medical escorted trips.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-570.41.md)

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