---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 544.81"
title: "28"
number: "544.81"
heading: "Program goals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/544.81"
---

# §544.81. Program goals.


The Warden shall ensure that an inmate with the need, capacity, and sufficient time to serve, has the opportunity to:

- (a) Complete an Adult Literacy program leading to a General Educational Development (GED) certificate and/or high school diploma;
- (b) Complete one or more levels of English-as-a-Second Language;
- (c) Acquire or improve marketable skill through one or more programs of Occupation Education (OE);
- (d) Complete one or more Postsecondary Education activities;
- (e) Complete one or more Adult Continuing Education activities;
- (f) Participate in one or more leisure, fitness, wellness or sport activities;
- (g) Participate in a Release Preparation program; and
- (h) **Participate in Career Counseling.** Staff shall encourage each inmate to accept the responsibility to identify any specific education needs, set personal goals, and select activities, programs and/or work experiences which will help to reach those goals.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 65852, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 47795, Sept. 10, 1996]

### Source

Source: 58 FR 65852, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[58 FR 65852, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 47795, Sept. 10, 1996]