28 C.F.R. Subpart D—Inmate Recreation Programs
Title 28 - Judicial Administration
Source: 58 FR 65850, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
The Bureau of Prisons encourages inmates to make constructive use of leisure time and offers movies, games, sports, social activities, arts and hobbycrafts, wellness and other group and individual activities. (a) Leisure activities are a wide range of activities in which inmates may participate when not performing assigned duties. Leisure activities include participation in organized and informal games, sports, physical fitness, table games, hobbycrafts, music programs, intramural activities, social and cultural organizations, movies, and stage shows. Religious activities, psychological services, and education classes are not included within this definition, except when they are used specifically to encourage knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to leisure activity involvement. (b) Organized activities are those activities accounted for by registration or roster of individual participants, and occur at a scheduled time and place. (c) Art work includes all paintings and sketches rendered in any of the usual media (oils, pastels, crayons, pencils, inks, and charcoal). (d) Hobbycraft activities include ceramics, leatherwork, models, clay, mosaics, crochet, knitting, sculptures, woodworking, lapidary, and other forms consistent with institution guidelines. (e) Inmate wellness program activities include screening, assessments, goal setting, fitness/nutrition prescriptions and counseling. The Warden is to ensure, to the extent possible, that leisure activities are provided to meet social, physical, psychological, and overall wellness needs of inmates. (a) Leisure activities are designed to attract inmate participation regardless of ethnic, racial, age, or sex difference, or handicap considerations, and to enhance the potential for post-release involvement. (b) Leisure activities are designed to ensure that an inmate with the need has the opportunity to complete one or more activities (see 28 CFR 544.81). If there is a program to show movies, the Supervisor of Education shall ensure that X-rated movies are not shown. Running events will ordinarily not exceed 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles. Appropriate medical staff and fluid supplies (e.g., water) should be available for all inmate running events. (a) An inmate engaged in art or hobbycraft activities may obtain materials through: (1) The institution art program (if one exists); (2) The commissary sales unit; (3) Special purchase commissary orders, if the sales unit is unable to stock a sufficient amount of the needed materials; or (4) Other sources approved by the Warden. (b) Each inmate shall identify completed art or hobbycraft products by showing the inmate's name and register number on the reverse side of the item. (c) Completed or abandoned art or hobbycraft articles must be disposed of in one of the following ways: (1) Upon approval of the Warden, by giving the item to an authorized visitor. The quantity of items will be determined by the Warden. (2) By mailing the item to a verified relative or approved visitor at the inmate's expense. (3) By selling, through an institution art and hobbycraft sales program, if one exists, after the institution price committee has determined the sale price. (4) Other methods established by the Warden. (d) Restrictions. Art and hobbycraft programs are intended for the personal enjoyment of an inmate and as an opportunity to learn a new leisure skill. They are not for the mass production of art and hobbycraft items by artists or to provide a means of supplementing an inmate's income. (1) The Warden may restrict, for reasons of security and housekeeping, the size and quantity of all products made in the art and hobbycraft program. Paintings mailed out of the institution must conform to both institution guidelines and postal regulations. If an inmate's art work or hobbycraft is on public display, the Warden may restrict the content of the work in accordance with community standards of decency. (2) The Warden may set limits, in compliance with commissary guidelines, on the amount of money an inmate may spend on art or hobbycraft items or materials. (3) The Warden may restrict for reasons of security, fire safety, and housekeeping, the use or possession of art and hobbycraft items or materials. (4) Appropriate hobbycraft activities shall be encouraged in the inmate living areas. However, the Warden may limit hobbycraft projects in the cell/living areas to those which can be contained/stored in provided personal property containers. Exceptions may be made for such items as a painting where the size would prohibit placement in a locker. Hobbycraft items must be removed from the living area when completed unless they are approved as personal property. (5) The Warden shall require the inmate to mail completed hobbycraft articles out of the institution at the inmate's expense, or to give them to an authorized visitor within 30 days of completion, or to dispose of them through approved sales. However, articles offered for sale must be sold within 90 days of completion, or must be given to an authorized visitor or mailed out of the institution at the inmate's expense. (6) Where space and equipment are limited and demand is high, the Warden may set limits on the amount of time an inmate may use a hobbycraft facility, e.g., the Warden may limit an inmate's use of any workshop or classroom to six months to make room for new students. Hobbycraft participants may be rotated to allow for maximum utilization of the resources. (7) Disciplinary action may be taken against inmates found with unauthorized hobbycraft materials in their possession. This action may include the removal of the inmate from the hobbycraft program.
Title 28: Judicial Administration
PART 544—EDUCATION
Subpart D—Inmate Recreation Programs
§ 544.30 Purpose and scope.
§ 544.31 Definitions.
§ 544.32 Goals.
§ 544.33 Movies.
§ 544.34 Inmate running events.
§ 544.35 Art and hobbycraft.
