---
title: "Bureau of Prisons Administrative Remedy Program"
citation: "28 C.F.R. pt. 542, subpt. B"
authority_id: "AUTH-CFR-28-542"
authority_type: "regulation"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_current_regulation"
official_url: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-V/subchapter-C/part-542/subpart-B"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CFR-28-542/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Bureau of Prisons Administrative Remedy Program

## Holding or rule used

Current BOP administrative-remedy scope, informal resolution, filing, appeal, rejection, and response-time rules.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition in the linked modules. The actual custody, filing posture, respondent, district, circuit law, administrative record, continuing injury, merits, and relief remain separate where identified.

## Official source and pinpoints

28 C.F.R. pt. 542, subpt. B, 28 C.F.R. §§ 542.10–542.19: <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-V/subchapter-C/part-542/subpart-B>


## Used in

- [28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Filing, Custodian, District, and Administrative Exhaustion](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2241-filing-jurisdiction-respondent-and-exhaustion.md)
- [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)
- [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md)
- [Prerelease Custody, Residential Reentry, Home Confinement, and the CARES Act](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/prerelease-custody-home-confinement-and-cares-act.md)
- [BOP Administrative Remedies, § 2241 Review, APA Limits, and Mootness](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/administrative-remedies-and-judicial-review.md)
