---
title: "Inmate Security Designation and Custody Classification, Change Notice 3"
citation: "BOP PS 5100.08 CN-3 (May 6, 2026)"
authority_id: "AUTH-BOP-PS-5100-08-CN3"
authority_type: "policy"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "nonbinding_agency_policy"
official_url: "https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5100_008_cn-3.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-BOP-PS-5100-08-CN3/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Inmate Security Designation and Custody Classification, Change Notice 3

## Holding or rule used

Current public BOP security-designation and custody-classification policy.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate.

## Official source and pinpoints

BOP PS 5100.08 CN-3 (May 6, 2026), CN-3 and incorporated PS 5100.08: <https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5100_008_cn-3.pdf>


## Used in

- [BOP Designation, Sentence Commencement, Aggregation, and Prior-Custody Credit](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/designation-sentence-computation-and-prior-custody-credit.md)