[Title 28 CFR 0.95]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 28 - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION]
[Chapter I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 0 - ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Subpart Q - Bureau of Prisons]
[Sec. 0.95 - General functions.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


28JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION12009-07-012009-07-01false0.95Sec. 0.95JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEBureau of Prisons
Sec. 0.95  General functions.

    The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall direct all activities of 
the Bureau of Prisons including:
    (a) Management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional 
institutions (except military or naval institutions), and prison 
commissaries.
    (b) Provision of suitable quarters for, and safekeeping, care, and 
subsistence of, all persons charged with or convicted of offenses 
against the United States or held as witnesses or otherwise.
    (c) Provision for the protection, instruction, and discipline of all 
persons charged with or convicted of offenses against the United States.
    (d) Classification, commitment, control, or treatment of persons 
committed to the custody of the Attorney General.
    (e) Payment of rewards with respect to escaped Federal prisoners (18 
U.S.C. 3059).
    (f) Certification with respect to the insanity or mental 
incompetence of a prisoner whose sentence is about to expire pursuant to 
section 4247 of title 18 of the U.S. Code.
    (g) Entering into contracts with State or territorial officials for 
the custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment, and training of 
State or territorial prisoners, upon certification with respect to the 
availability of proper and adequate treatment facilities and personnel, 
pursuant to section 5003 of title 18 of the U.S. Code.
    (h) Conduct of studies and the preparation and submission of reports 
and recommendations to committing courts respecting disposition of cases 
in which defendants have been committed for such purposes pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 4205(c).
    (i) Conduct and prepare, or cause to be conducted and prepared, 
studies and submit reports to the court and the attorneys with respect 
to disposition of cases in which juveniles have been committed, pursuant 
to 18 U.S.C. 5037, and to contract with public or private agencies or 
individuals or community-based facilities for the observation and study 
and the custody and care of juveniles, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 5040.
    (j) Observation, conduct of studies, and preparation of reports in 
cases in which youth offenders have been committed by the courts for 
such purposes pursuant to section 5010(e) of title 18 of the United 
States Code.

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    (k) Conduct of examinations to determine whether an offender is an 
addict and is likely to be rehabilitated through treatment, as well as 
the preparation and submission of reports to committing courts, pursuant 
to section 4252 of title 18 of the United States Code.
    (l) Transmittal of reports of boards of examiners and certificates 
to clerks of the district courts pursuant to section 4245 of title 18 of 
the U.S. Code.
    (m) Providing technical assistance to State and local governments in 
the improvement of their correctional systems (18 U.S.C. 4042).

[Order No. 423-69, 34 FR 20388, Dec. 31, 1969, as amended by Order No. 
445-70, 35 FR 19397, Dec. 23, 1970; Order No. 579-74, 39 FR 37771, Oct. 
24, 1974; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52348, Oct. 27, 1981]