---
title: "Designation of State Institution for Service of Federal Sentence"
citation: "BOP PS 5160.05 (Jan. 16, 2003)"
authority_id: "AUTH-BOP-PS-5160-05"
authority_type: "policy"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "nonbinding_agency_policy"
official_url: "https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5160_005.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-BOP-PS-5160-05/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
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license: "CC BY 4.0"
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# Designation of State Institution for Service of Federal Sentence

## Holding or rule used

BOP policy for state-facility designation, including retroactive designation consideration.

## 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 5160.05 (Jan. 16, 2003), pp. 1–8: <https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5160_005.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)