28 CFR 506.1 - What is the purpose of individual inmate commissary accounts?

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 28 - Judicial Administration last revised: Jul 03, 2025

View all text of Part 506 [§ 506.1 - § 506.2]

§ 506.1 - What is the purpose of individual inmate commissary accounts?

The purpose of individual inmate commissary accounts is to allow the Bureau to maintain inmates' monies while they are incarcerated. Family, friends, or other sources may deposit funds into these accounts.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621,3622,3624,4001,4042,4081,4082,1987,5006,1984,5039; 28 U.S.C. 509,510; 31 U.S.C. 1321.

source: 69 FR 40317, July 2, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 28 CFR 506.1