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28 CFR § 524.10 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s524.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 524.10 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "524.10"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER"
part_number: "524"
part_name: "CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3521-3528, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4046, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 21 U.S.C. 848; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."
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# 524.10 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to explain the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) process for classifying newly committed inmates and conducting program reviews for all inmates except:

(a) Pretrial inmates, covered in 28 CFR part 551; and

(b) Inmates committed for study and observation.