---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 570.30"
title: "28"
number: "570.30"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/570.30"
---

# §570.30. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to describe the procedures governing the furlough program of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau), which is authorized by [18 U.S.C. 3622](/usc/18/3622.md). Under the furlough program, the Bureau allows inmates who meet certain requirements to be temporarily released from custody under carefully prescribed conditions.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 1517, Jan. 11, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.