---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 570.33"
title: "28"
number: "570.33"
heading: "Justification for furlough."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/570.33"
---

# §570.33. Justification for furlough.


The Warden or designee may authorize a furlough, for 30 calendar days or less, for an inmate to:

- (a) Transfer directly to another Bureau institution, a non-federal facility, or community confinement;
- (b) Be present during a crisis in the immediate family, or in other urgent situations;
- (c) Participate in the development of release plans;
- (d) Establish or reestablish family and community ties;
- (e) Participate in selected educational, social, civic, and religious activities which will facilitate release transition;
- (f) Appear in court in connection with a civil action;
- (g) Comply with an official request to appear before a grand jury, or to comply with a request from a legislative body, or regulatory or licensing agency;
- (h) Appear in or prepare for a criminal court proceeding, but only when the use of a furlough is requested or recommended by the applicable court or prosecuting attorney;
- (i) Participate in special training courses or in institution work assignments, including Federal Prison Industries (FPI) work assignments, when daily commuting from the institution is not feasible; or
- (j) **Receive necessary medical, surgical, psychiatric, or dental treatment not otherwise available.**

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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.