---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 570.32"
title: "28"
number: "570.32"
heading: "Types of furloughs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/570.32"
---

# §570.32. Types of furloughs.


A furlough is an authorized absence from an institution by an inmate who is not under escort of a staff member, U.S. Marshal, or state or federal agents. The two types of furloughs are:

- (a) **Transfer furlough—** A furlough for the purpose of transferring an inmate from one Bureau facility to another, a non-federal facility, or community confinement (including home confinement) as noted below at [§ 570.33(a)](/cfr/28/570.33.md?p=a).
- (b) **Non-transfer furlough—** A furlough for any purpose other than a transfer furlough, and which may be defined based on its nature, as either emergency or routine, as follows:
  - (1) **Emergency furlough—** A furlough allowing an inmate to address a family crisis or other urgent situation as noted below at [§ 570.33(b)](/cfr/28/570.33.md?p=b).
  - (2) **Routine furlough—** A furlough for any of the reasons noted below at § [570.33 (a)](/cfr/28/570.33.md?p=a) and [(c) through (j)](/cfr/28/570.33.md?p=c..j).
- (c) **Duration and distance of non-transfer furlough—**
  - (1) **Day furlough—** A furlough within the geographic limits of the commuting area of the institution, which lasts 16 hours or less and ends before midnight.
  - (2) **Overnight furlough—** A furlough which falls outside the criteria of a day furlough.

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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.