[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR301.301]

[Page 450]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 301--INMATE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Compensation for Work-Related Physical Impairment or Death
 
Sec. 301.301  Compensable and noncompensable injuries.


    (a) No compensation for work-related injuries resulting in physical 
impairment shall be paid prior to an inmate's release.
    (b) Compensation may only be paid for work-related injuries or 
claims alleging improper medical treatment of a work-related injury. 
This ordinarily includes only those injuries suffered during the 
performance of an inmate's regular work assignment. However, injuries 
suffered during the performance of voluntary work in the operation or 
maintenance of the institution, when such work has been approved by 
staff, may also be compensable.
    (c) Compensation is not paid for injuries sustained during 
participation in institutional programs (such as programs of a social, 
recreational, or community relations nature) or from maintenance of 
one's own living quarters. Furthermore, compensation shall not be paid 
for injuries suffered away from the work location (e.g., while the 
claimant is going to or leaving work, or going to or coming from lunch 
outside of the work station or area).
    (d) Injuries sustained by inmate workers willfully or with intent to 
injure someone else, or injuries suffered in any activity not related to 
the actual performance of the work assignment are not compensable, and 
no claim for compensation for such injuries will be approved. Willful 
violation of rules and regulations may result in denial of compensation 
for any resulting injury.