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28 CFR § 570.30 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s570.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 570.30 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "570.30"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RELEASE"
part_number: "570"
part_name: "COMMUNITY PROGRAMS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."
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# 570.30 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to describe the procedures governing the furlough program of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau), which is authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3622. Under the furlough program, the Bureau allows inmates who meet certain requirements to be temporarily released from custody under carefully prescribed conditions.