---identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s544.101"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "28 CFR § 544.101 - Procedures."title_number: 28title_name: "Judicial Administration"section_number: "544.101"section_name: "Procedures."chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"subchapter_number: "C"subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT"part_number: "544"part_name: "EDUCATION"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."regulatory_source: "44 FR 38249, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "544"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t28/s544.101
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed... 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.
# 544.101 Procedures.(a) The Warden shall assign a staff member (ordinarily the Supervisor of Education) responsibility for the inmate library.(b) The inmate library shall offer an inmate a variety of reading materials, including, but not limited to, periodicals, newspapers, fiction, non-fiction, and reference books.(c) Where the population of an institution includes inmates of foreign origin, staff shall attempt to provide reading materials in the inmates' language.(d) Inmate library services shall be made available to inmates in special housing units.(e) The Warden or designee may authorize the use of inmates as library assistants.[46 FR 24900, May 1, 1981]