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28 CFR § 541.30 - Lack of verification of need for protection.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s541.30"
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title: "28 CFR § 541.30 - Lack of verification of need for protection."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "541.30"
section_name: "Lack of verification of need for protection."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "541"
part_name: "INMATE DISCIPLINE AND SPECIAL HOUSING UNITS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161—4166 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006—5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."
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# 541.30 Lack of verification of need for protection.

If a staff investigation fails to verify your need for placement in the SHU as a protection case, you will be instructed to return to the general population. If you refuse to return to the general population under these circumstances, you may be subject to disciplinary action.