18 U.S.C. § 3622
Temporary release of a prisoner
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 3622, Temporary release of a prisoner, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450009
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The Bureau of Prisons may release a prisoner from the place of his imprisonment for a limited period if such release appears to be consistent with the purpose for which the sentence was imposed and any pertinent policy statement issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(a)(2), if such release otherwise appears to be consistent with the public interest and if there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner will honor the trust to be imposed in him, by authorizing him, under prescribed conditions, to—
visit a designated place for a period not to exceed thirty days, and then return to the same or another facility, for the purpose of—
work at paid employment in the community while continuing in official detention at the penal or correctional facility if—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally