[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: 28CFR91.2]

[Page 392-393]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 91--GRANTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 91.2  Definitions.

    (a) Violent offender. [Reserved]
    (b) Serious drug offense means an offense involving manufacturing, 
distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, a 
controlled substance (as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), for which a maximum term of 
imprisonment of 10 years or more is prescribed by state law.
    (c) Part 1 violent crimes means murder and non-negligent 
manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported 
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime 
Reports. If such data is unavailable, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 
publications may be utilized. See, e.g., ``Census of State and Federal 
Correctional Facilities, 1990.'' (''Part 1 violent crimes'' are defined 
here solely as the statutorily prescribed basis for the formula 
allocation of funding.)
    (d) Recipient means individual states or multi-state compacts 
awarded funds under this part.
    (e) State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam 
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (f) Comprehensive correctional plan means a plan which represents an 
integrated approach to the management and operation of adult and 
juvenile correctional facilities and programs and which includes 
diversion programs, particularly drug diversion programs, community 
corrections programs, a prisoner screening and security classification 
system, appropriate professional training for corrections officers in 
dealing with violent offenders, prisoner rehabilitation and treatment 
programs, prisoner work activities (including to the extent practicable, 
activities relating to the development, expansion, modification, or 
improvement of correctional facilities) and job skills programs, 
educational programs, a pre-release prisoner assessment to provide risk 
reduction management, post-release assistance and an assessment of 
recidivism rates.
    (g) Correctional facilities includes boot camps and other 
alternative correctional facilities for adults or juveniles that can 
free conventional bed space for the confinement of violent offenders.
    (h) Boot camp means a corrections program for adult or juvenile 
offenders

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of not more than six-months confinement (not including time in 
confinement prior to assignment to the boot camp) involving:
    (1) Assignment for participation in the program, in conformity with 
state law, by prisoners other than prisoners who have been convicted at 
any time for a violent felony;
    (2) Adherence by inmates to a highly regimented schedule that 
involves strict discipline, physical training, and work;
    (3) Participation by inmates in appropriate education, job training, 
and substance abuse counseling or treatment; and
    (4) Post-incarceration aftercare services for participants that are 
coordinated with the program carried out during the period of 
imprisonment.
    (i) Truth in sentencing laws means laws that:
    (1) Ensure that violent offenders serve a substantial portion of 
sentences imposed;
    (2) Are designed to provide sufficiently severe punishment for 
violent offenders, including violent juvenile offenders; and
    (3) The prison time served is appropriately related to the 
determination that the inmate is a violent offender and for a period of 
time deemed necessary to protect the public.