PROHIBITED ACTS AND AVAILABLE SANCTIONS
GREATEST SEVERITY LEVEL PROHIBITED ACTS
100 Killing.
101 Assaulting any person, or an armed assault on the institution’s secure perimeter (a charge for
assaulting any person at this level is to be used only when serious physical injury has been
attempted or accomplished).
102 Escape from escort; escape from any secure or non-secure institution, including community
confinement; escape from unescorted community program or activity; escape from outside a secure
institution.
103 Setting a fire (charged with this act in this category only when found to pose a threat to life or a
threat of serious bodily harm or in furtherance of a prohibited act of Greatest Severity, e.g., in
furtherance of a riot or escape; otherwise the charge is properly classified Code 218, or 329).
104 Possession, manufacture, or introduction of a gun, firearm, weapon, sharpened instrument,
knife, dangerous chemical, explosive, ammunition, or any instrument used as a weapon.
105 Rioting.
106 Encouraging others to riot.
107 Taking hostage(s).
108 Possession, manufacture, introduction, or loss of a hazardous tool (tools most likely to be used
in an escape or escape attempt or to serve as weapons capable of doing serious bodily harm to
others; or those hazardous to institutional security or personal safety; e.g., hacksaw blade, body
armor, maps, handmade rope, or other escape paraphernalia, portable telephone, pager, or other
electronic device).
109 (Not to be used).
110 Refusing to provide a urine sample; refusing to breathe into a Breathalyzer; refusing to take
part in other drug-abuse testing.
111 Introduction or making of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, alcohol, intoxicants, or related
paraphernalia, not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff.
112 Use of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, alcohol, intoxicants, or related paraphernalia, not
prescribed for the individual by the medical staff.
113 Possession of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, alcohol, intoxicants, or related paraphernalia,
not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff.
114 Sexual assault of any person, involving non-consensual touching by force or threat of force.
115 Destroying and/or disposing of any item during a search or attempt to search.
196 Use of the mail for an illegal purpose or to commit or further a Greatest category prohibited
act.
197 Use of the telephone for an illegal purpose or to commit or further a Greatest category
prohibited act.
198 Interfering with a staff member in the performance of duties most like another Greatest
severity prohibited act. This charge is to be used only when another charge of Greatest severity is
not accurate. The offending conduct must be charged as “most like” one of the listed Greatest
severity prohibited acts.
199 Conduct which disrupts or interferes with the security or orderly running of the institution or
the Bureau of Prisons most like another Greatest severity prohibited act. This charge is to be used
only when another charge of Greatest severity is not accurate. The offending conduct must be
charged as “most like” one of the listed Greatest severity prohibited acts.
AVAILABLE SANCTIONS FOR GREATEST SEVERITY LEVEL PROHIBITED ACTS
A. Recommend parole date rescission or retardation.