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Code · CFR · Title 28 — Judicial Administration · Part 541 · § 541.23

§ 541.23. Administrative detention status.

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You may be placed in administrative detention status for the following reasons:
(a)Pending Classification or Reclassification. You are a new commitment pending classification or under review for Reclassification.
(b)Holdover Status. You are in holdover status during transfer to a designated institution or other destination.
(c)Removal from general population. Your presence in the general population poses a threat to life, property, self, staff, other inmates, the public, or to the security or orderly running of the institution and:
(1)Investigation. You are under investigation or awaiting a hearing for possibly violating a Bureau regulation or criminal law;
(2)Transfer. You are pending transfer to another institution or location;
(3)Protection cases. You requested, or staff determined you need, administrative detention status for your own protection; or
(4)Post-disciplinary detention. You are ending confinement in disciplinary segregation status, and your return to the general population would threaten the safety, security, and orderly operation of a correctional facility, or public safety. \[75 FR 76273, Dec. 8, 2010; 75 FR 81854, Dec. 29, 2010\]
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