[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: 28CFR97.19]

[Page 417]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 97--STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES PROVIDING PRISONER OR DETAINEE SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 97.19  Immediate notification of local law enforcement in the event of an escape.

    Private prisoner transport companies must be sufficiently equipped 
to provide immediate notification to law enforcement in the event of a 
prisoner escape. Law enforcement officials must receive notification no 
later than 15 minutes after an escape is detected unless the company can 
demonstrate that extenuating circumstances necessitated a longer delay. 
In the event of the escape of a violent prisoner, a private prisoner 
transport company must:
    (a) Ensure the safety and security of the remaining prisoners;
    (b) Provide notification within 15 minutes to the appropriate State 
and local law enforcement officials;
    (c) Provide notification as soon as practicable to the governmental 
entity or the privately run incarceration facility that contracted with 
the transport company; and
    (d) Provide complete descriptions of the escapee and the 
circumstances surrounding the escape to State and local law enforcement 
officials if needed.