---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judicial Administration"
key: "chI/part97"
level: "part"
label: "Part 97"
heading: "Standards for Private Entities Providing Prisoner or Detainee Services"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/chI-part97"
sections_count: 15
---

# Part 97 — Standards for Private Entities Providing Prisoner or Detainee Services

Title 28 C.F.R. — Judicial Administration › Chapter I — Department of Justice

## Sections

- [§97.1. Purpose.](/cfr/28/97.1.md)
- [§97.2. Definitions.](/cfr/28/97.2.md)
- [§97.11. Pre-employment screening.](/cfr/28/97.11.md)
- [§97.12. Employee training.](/cfr/28/97.12.md)
- [§97.13. Maximum driving time.](/cfr/28/97.13.md)
- [§97.14. Guard-to-prisoner ratio.](/cfr/28/97.14.md)
- [§97.15. Employee uniforms and identification.](/cfr/28/97.15.md)
- [§97.16. Clothing requirements for transported violent prisoners.](/cfr/28/97.16.md)
- [§97.17. Mandatory restraints to be used while transporting violent prisoners.](/cfr/28/97.17.md)
- [§97.18. Notification of local law enforcement prior to scheduled stops.](/cfr/28/97.18.md)
- [§97.19. Immediate notification of local law enforcement in the event of an escape.](/cfr/28/97.19.md)
- [§97.20. Standards to ensure the safety of violent prisoners during transport.](/cfr/28/97.20.md)
- [§97.22. No pre-emption of federal, State, or local laws or regulations.](/cfr/28/97.22.md)
- [§97.24. No civil defense created.](/cfr/28/97.24.md)
- [§97.30. Enforcement.](/cfr/28/97.30.md)