{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-552.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 552.14","heading":"Search of inmate housing and work areas.","body":"(a) Staff may search an inmate's housing and work area, and personal items contained within those areas, without notice to or prior approval from the inmate and without the inmate's presence.\n(b) Staff conducting the search shall leave the housing or work area as nearly as practicable in its original order.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER C—INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT","PART 552—CUSTODY","Subpart B—Searches of Housing Units, Inmates, and Inmate Work Areas"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"84e76e5ccd32b9c9b1bb3df35b5ac22fcaa089f6a25170c119289a5faf4bf404","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-552.13","next":"us/28-cfr-552.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}