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28 CFR § 522.20 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s522.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 522.20 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "522.20"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER"
part_number: "522"
part_name: "ADMISSION TO INSTITUTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3568 (Repealed November 1, 1987 as to offenses committed on or after that date), 3585, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to conduct occurring on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, (repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; D.C. Code § 24-101(b)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 38244, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "522"
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# 522.20 Purpose and scope.

Bureau of Prisons staff screen newly arrived inmates to ensure that Bureau health, safety, and security standards are met.

[45 FR 44229, June 30, 1980]