The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 18 U.S.C. 3624(c)(2) (home confinement), 3621(b); 28 U.S.C. 509-510
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26
- End
- In force through the emergency; supplemented Apr. 3, 2020 (read as 2020-04-03)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- Director, Bureau of Prisons
- Functions reached
- PL placements (residential reentry centers; home-confinement monitoring contractors)
- CB inmate population
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
I am issuing this Memorandum to ensure that we utilize home confinement, where appropriate, to protect the health and safety of BOP personnel and the people in our custody.... I am hereby directing you to prioritize the use of your various statutory authorities to grant home confinement for inmates seeking transfer in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Enforcement
Direction to a subordinate agency head under 28 U.S.C. 509-510