28 CFR § 345.71 - Official commendations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s345.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 345.71 - Official commendations."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "345.71"
section_name: "Official commendations."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "345"
part_name: "FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 4126, 28 CFR 0.99, and by resolution of the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries, Inc."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 15827, Mar. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "345"
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# 345.71 Official commendations.

An inmate worker may receive an official written commendation for any suggestion or invention adopted by FPI, or for any special achievement, as determined by the SOI, related to the inmate's industrial work assignment. A copy of the commendation is to be placed in the inmate's central file.