---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 552.30"
title: "28"
number: "552.30"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/552.30"
---

# §552.30. Purpose and scope.


The Bureau of Prisons primary objectives in all hostage situations are to safely free the hostage(s) and to regain control of the institution.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 38042, July 22, 1996, 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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.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: 45 FR 33941, May 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.