---identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s570.32"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "28 CFR § 570.32 - Types of furloughs."title_number: 28title_name: "Judicial Administration"section_number: "570.32"section_name: "Types of furloughs."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: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."cfr_part: "570"---
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/us/cfr/t28/s570.32
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2026-04-05
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2026-04-05
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Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice
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5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to o... 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.
# 570.32 Types of furloughs.A furlough is an authorized absence from an institution by an inmate who is not under escort of a staff member, U.S. Marshal, or state or federal agents. The two types of furloughs are:(a) *Transfer furlough*—A furlough for the purpose of transferring an inmate from one Bureau facility to another, a non-federal facility, or community confinement (including home confinement) as noted below at § 570.33(a).(b) *Non-transfer furlough*—A furlough for any purpose other than a transfer furlough, and which may be defined based on its nature, as either emergency or routine, as follows:(1) *Emergency furlough*—A furlough allowing an inmate to address a family crisis or other urgent situation as noted below at § 570.33(b).(2) *Routine furlough*—A furlough for any of the reasons noted below at § 570.33 (a) and (c) through (j).(c) *Duration and distance of non-transfer furlough*—(1) *Day furlough*—A furlough within the geographic limits of the commuting area of the institution, which lasts 16 hours or less and ends before midnight.(2) *Overnight furlough*—A furlough which falls outside the criteria of a day furlough.