---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 551.103"
title: "28"
number: "551.103"
heading: "Procedure for admission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/551.103"
---

# §551.103. Procedure for admission.


Staff in administrative institutions or institutions with administrative components housing U.S. Marshals' prisoners shall establish procedures for admitting a pretrial inmate which include, but are not limited to:

- (a) Verification of commitment papers;
- (b) Search of the inmate;
- (c) Photographing and fingerprinting;
- (d) Disposition of clothing and personal possessions;
- (e) Intake screening (including Notice of Separation);
- (f) Providing institution guidelines governing telephone calls (including procedures for making unmonitored calls to an attorney);
- (g) **Provisions for personal hygiene, to include—**
  - (1) Issue of personal hygiene items;
  - (2) Issue of clean clothing; and
  - (3) Opportunity for shower and hair care;
- (h) Orientation;
- (i) Opportunity for waiver of right not to work;
- (j) **Assignment to an appropriate housing unit.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 59 FR 60285, Nov. 22, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 1512, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4005, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Pub. L. 99-500 (sec. 209); Attorney General's May 1, 1995 Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 38252, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted.