Part 540 - Contact With Persons in the Community  


Subpart A - General
§ 540.2 - Definitions.
Subpart B - Correspondence
§ 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.
Subpart C - XXX
Subpart D - Visiting Regulations
§ 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.
Subpart E - Contact With News Media
§ 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.
Subpart F - Incoming Publications
§ 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.
Subparts G--H - XXX
Subpart I - Telephone Regulations for Inmates
§ 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.
Subpart J - Communications Management Housing Units
§ 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.