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  • Inmate Religious Beliefs and Practices TRM [Technical Reference Manual]

    This manual provides practical guidelines for administrators and chaplains to appropriately accommodate inmate religious beliefs and practices.

  • Basics and Beyond: Suicide Prevention in Jails

    This video presentation will enable readers to:

  • Compassionate Release/Reduction of Sentence: Procedures for Implementation of 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(A) and 4205(g)

    This Program Statement explains how the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) determines and implements requests from inmates for compassionate rel

  • Sexually Abusive Behavior Prevention and Intervention Program

    This document intends to “provide a written policy that implements zero tolerance toward all forms of sexual activity, including sexual abuse and s

  • Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons

    "This publication is intended to serve as a guide to relevant statutes, regulations, policy documents, and current case law concerning issues the B

  • Certified Religious Diet Specifications Quote Sheet - FY 2015

    This is a great example of the specified ingredients for various types of kosher meals.

  • Communications Management Units

    "In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) finalizes regulations that establish and describe Communications Management Units (CMUs) by regul

  • The Reentry of Formerly Incarcerated Persons: Key Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions; A Report on the National Reentry Symposium: Promising Practices and Future Directions

    Recognizing the importance of effective reentry practices at the federal, state, and local levels, in September 2015, the U.S.

  • Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Reduction, and Prevention

    Chaplain Aroons Seeda provides a self-guided meditation that can be used for staff, inmates or the general public.