Part 540 — Contact with Persons in the Community
Current through Sep 21, 2026
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 551, 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1791, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Sec. 12003(c).
Sections
- § 540.2 Definitions.
- § 540.10 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.11 Mail depositories.
- § 540.12 Controls and procedures.
- § 540.13 Notification of rejections.
- § 540.14 General correspondence.
- § 540.15 Restricted general correspondence.
- § 540.16 Inmate correspondence while in segregation and holdover status.
- § 540.17 Correspondence between confined inmates.
- § 540.18 Special mail.
- § 540.19 Legal correspondence.
- § 540.20 Inmate correspondence with representatives of the news media.
- § 540.21 Payment of postage.
- § 540.22 Special postal services.
- § 540.23 Inmate funds received through the mails.
- § 540.24 Returned mail.
- § 540.25 Change of address and forwarding of mail for inmates.
- § 540.40 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.41 Visiting facilities.
- § 540.42 Visiting times.
- § 540.43 Frequency of visits and number of visitors.
- § 540.44 Regular visitors.
- § 540.45 Qualification as special visitor.
- § 540.46 Attorney visits.
- § 540.47 Media visits.
- § 540.48 [Reserved]
- § 540.49 Transportation assistance.
- § 540.50 Visits to inmates not in regular population status.
- § 540.51 Procedures.
- § 540.52 Penalty for violation of visiting regulations.
- § 540.60 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.61 Authorization.
- § 540.62 Institutional visits.
- § 540.63 Personal interviews.
- § 540.64 Press pools.
- § 540.65 Release of information.
- § 540.70 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.71 Procedures.
- § 540.72 Statutory restrictions requiring return of commercially published information or material which is sexually explicit or features nudity.
- § 540.100 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.101 Procedures.
- § 540.102 Monitoring of inmate telephone calls.
- § 540.103 Inmate telephone calls to attorneys.
- § 540.104 Responsibility for inmate misuse of telephones.
- § 540.105 Expenses of inmate telephone use.
- § 540.106 Video visiting and telephone calls under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
- § 540.200 Purpose and scope.
- § 540.201 Designation criteria.
- § 540.202 Designation procedures.
- § 540.203 Written correspondence limitations.
- § 540.204 Telephone communication limitations.
- § 540.205 Visiting limitations.