---
title: "Designation of State Institutions for Service of Federal Sentence"
citation: "BOP PS 5160.06 (Sept. 3, 2026)"
authority_id: "AUTH-BOP-PS-5160-06"
authority_type: "policy"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "nonbinding_agency_policy"
official_url: "https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5160_006.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-BOP-PS-5160-06/"
legal_review: "2026-10-15"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Designation of State Institutions for Service of Federal Sentence

## Holding or rule used

BOP policy for designating a state institution for concurrent service of a federal sentence and for reviewing nunc pro tunc designation requests after Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. 231 (2012).

## Material limitation

Agency policy does not bind courts and cannot change the governing statutes. Use only for the bounded propositions in the linked module.

## Official source and pinpoints

BOP PS 5160.06 (Sept. 3, 2026), §§ 1–9: <https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5160_006.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)