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The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Drug Interdiction Activities

Report Number I-2003-002
January 2003

APPENDIX V

DEFINITIONS OF 100-LEVEL MISCONDUCT CHARGES

Code Prohibited Acts

100 Killing;

101 Assaulting any person (includes sexual assault) 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 carried out by an inmate);

102 Escape from escort; escape from a secure institution (low, medium, and high security level, and administrative institutions); or escape from a minimum institution with violence;

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;

104 Possession, manufacture, or introduction of a gun, firearm, weapon, sharpened instrument, knife, dangerous chemical, explosive or any ammunition;

105 Rioting;

106 Encouraging others to riot;

107 Taking hostage(s);

108 Possession, manufacture, or introduction 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., hack-saw blade);

109 (Not to be used)

110 Refusing to provide a urine sample or to take part in other drug abuse testing;

111 Introduction of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;

112 Use of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;

113 Possession of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;

197 Use of the telephone to further criminal activity;

198 Interfering with a staff member in the performance of duties (conduct must be of the Greatest Severity nature.) This charge is to be used only when another charge of greatest severity is not applicable;

199 Conduct which disrupts or interferes with the security or orderly running of the institution or the BOP (conduct must be of the Greatest Severity nature.) This charge is to be used only when another charge of Greatest Severity is not applicable.

Code	Prohibited Acts
100	Killing;
101	Assaulting any person (includes sexual assault) 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 carried out by an inmate);
102	Escape from escort; escape from a secure institution (low, medium, and high security level, and administrative institutions); or escape from a minimum institution with violence;
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;
104	Possession, manufacture, or introduction of a gun, firearm, weapon, sharpened instrument, knife, dangerous chemical, explosive or any ammunition;
105	Rioting;
106	Encouraging others to riot;
107	Taking hostage(s);
108	Possession, manufacture, or introduction 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., hack-saw blade);
109	(Not to be used)
110	Refusing to provide a urine sample or to take part in other drug abuse testing;
111	Introduction of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;
112	Use of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;
113	Possession of any narcotics, marijuana, drugs, or related paraphernalia not prescribed for the individual by the medical staff;
197	Use of the telephone to further criminal activity;
198	Interfering with a staff member in the performance of duties (conduct must be of the Greatest Severity nature.) This charge is to be used only when another charge of greatest severity is not applicable;
199	Conduct which disrupts or interferes with the security or orderly running of the institution or the BOP (conduct must be of the Greatest Severity nature.) This charge is to be used only when another charge of Greatest Severity is not applicable.