---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 540.16"
title: "28"
number: "540.16"
heading: "Inmate correspondence while in segregation and holdover status."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/540.16"
---

# §540.16. Inmate correspondence while in segregation and holdover status.

- (a) The Warden shall permit an inmate in holdover status (i.e., enroute to a designated institution) to have correspondence privileges similar to those of other inmates insofar as practical.
- (b) The Warden shall permit an inmate in segregation to have full correspondence privileges unless placed on restricted general correspondence under [§ 540.15](/cfr/28/540.15.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 50 FR 40109, Oct. 1, 1985, 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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 551, 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1791, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Sec. 12003(c).