[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: 28CFR345.55]

[Page 461]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 345--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Inmate Pay and Benefits
 
Sec. 345.55  Longevity pay.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an inmate 
earns longevity pay raises after 18 months spent in FPI work status 
regardless of whether or not the work was continuous. The service may 
have occurred in one or more FPI factories or shops. An inmate qualifies 
for longevity pay raises as provided in the table below:

                       Length of Service With FPI

After 18 months of service and payable in the 19th month
After 30 months of service and payable in the 31st month
After 42 months of service and payable in the 43rd month
After 60 months of service and payable in the 61st month
After 84 months of service (& more) and payable in the 85th month


Longevity pay allowances shall be added after the wages for each actual 
hour in pay status have been properly computed.
    (b) Exceptions. (1) FPI work status during service of a previous 
sentence with a subsequent break in custody may not be considered in 
determining longevity pay.
    (2) An inmate in segregation or who is given a disciplinary transfer 
loses any longevity status previously achieved.
    (3) An inmate who voluntarily transfers to a non-FPI work assignment 
loses any longevity status previously achieved. An inmate who leaves FPI 
to enter education, vocational training, or drug abuse treatment 
programs, however, generally retains longevity and pay grade status upon 
return to FPI, unless the inmate withdraws from those programs without a 
good faith effort to complete them. The decision on whether there was a 
good faith effort is to be made by the SOI in concert with the staff 
member in charge of the program.