[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 28CFR540.42]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

           CHAPTER V--BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 540_CONTACT WITH PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart D_Visiting Regulations

 

Sec. 540.42  Visiting times.



    (a) Each Warden shall establish a visiting schedule for the 

institution. At a minimum, the Warden shall establish visiting hours at 

the institution on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The restriction of 

visiting to these days may be a hardship for some families and 

arrangements for other suitable hours shall be made to the extent 

practicable. Where staff resources permit, the Warden may establish 

evening visiting hours.

    (b) Consistent with available resources, such as space limitations 

and staff availability, and with concerns of institution security, the 

Warden may limit the visiting period. With respect to weekend visits, 

for example, some or all inmates and visitors may be limited to visiting 

on Saturday or on Sunday, but not on both days, in order to accommodate 

the volume of visitors. There is no requirement that every visitor has 

the opportunity to visit on both days of the weekend, nor that every 

inmate has the opportunity to have visits on both days of the weekend.



[51 FR 26127, July 18, 1986]