---
title: "Release of a prisoner"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3624"
authority_id: "AUTH-USC-18-3624"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_enacted_positive_law_title"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3624"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-18-3624/"
legal_review: "2026-08-24"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# 18 U.S.C. § 3624

## Propositions supported

- Release-date relationship in subsection (a).
- Eligibility, maximum rate, conduct and education conditions, last-year text, and vesting in subsection (b).
- Prerelease-custody and supervised-release application criteria in subsection (g).

## Material limitations

The statute must be read with current 28 C.F.R. § 523.20 for GCT mechanics and §§ 523.40–523.44 for FTC application. Individual calculations, administrative review, and judicial remedies are outside this record.

## Official source

OLRC preliminary edition, laws in effect August 17, 2026: <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3624>


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- [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)
- [Supervised Release Commencement, Conditions, Modification, Termination, and Transfer](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/90-supervised-release-and-reentry/commencement-conditions-modification-termination-and-transfer.md)