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28 CFR § 551.106 - Institutional employment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s551.106"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 551.106 - Institutional employment."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "551.106"
section_name: "Institutional employment."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "551"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 1512, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4005, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Pub. L. 99-500 (sec. 209); Attorney General's May 1, 1995 Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 38252, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "551"
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# 551.106 Institutional employment.

Unless a pretrial inmate signs a waiver of his or her right not to work, the Warden may not require the inmate to work in any assignment other than housekeeping tasks in the inmate's own cell and in the community living area.