---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 540.104"
title: "28"
number: "540.104"
heading: "Responsibility for inmate misuse of telephones."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/540.104"
---

# §540.104. Responsibility for inmate misuse of telephones.


The inmate is responsible for any misuse of the telephone. The Warden shall refer incidents of unlawful inmate telephone use to law enforcement authorities. The Warden shall advise an inmate that violation of the institution's telephone regulations may result in institutional disciplinary action (See [part 541](/cfr/28/part541.md), [subpart B](/cfr/28/subpartB.md)).


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 38249, June 29, 1979. Redesignated at 59 FR 15824, Apr. 4, 1994]

### Source

Source: 44 FR 38249, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 551, 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1791, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Sec. 12003(c).

### Amendments

[44 FR 38249, June 29, 1979. Redesignated at 59 FR 15824, Apr. 4, 1994]