34 USC § 60533 - Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s60533"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 60533 - Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "60533"
section_name: "Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts"
chapter_number: 605
chapter_name: "RECIDIVISM PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ENHANCED DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTORING GRANT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Mentoring"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–199, title II, § 213, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 683.)"
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# § 60533. Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts

**(a)** **In general** April 9, 2008

Not later than 90 days after , the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall, in order to promote stability and continued assistance to offenders after release from prison, adopt and implement a policy to ensure that any person who provides mentoring services to an incarcerated offender is permitted to continue such services after that offender is released from prison. That policy shall permit the continuation of mentoring services unless the Director demonstrates that such services would be a significant security risk to the released offender, incarcerated offenders, persons who provide such services, or any other person.

**(b)** **Report** September 30, 2009

Not later than , the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to which the policy described in subsection (a) has been implemented and followed.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–199, title II, § 213, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 683.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.