{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-571.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 571.54","heading":"Determination of indigency by U.S. Magistrate Judge—inmates in contract community-based facilities or state institutions.","body":"(a) Inmates with a committed fine, or fine and costs may be transferred to contract community-based facilities, state institutions as boarders, or state institutions for service of federal sentences running concurrently with state sentences.\n(b) Inmates with a committed fine, or fine and costs may be committed directly to contract community-based facilities or state institutions as boarders or may be designated to state institutions for service of federal sentences running concurrently with state sentences.\n(c) An inmate with a committed fine, or fine and costs who is imprisoned in a contract community-based facility or state institution and desires to make application for a determination of ability to pay the committed fine, or fine and costs under 18 U.S.C. 3569 may make application directly to the U.S. Magistrate Judge.\n(d) Upon receipt of a finding by the U.S. Magistrate Judge that the inmate is not indigent, Bureau staff shall forward a referral package to the appropriate United States Attorney for a final determination as to the inmate's ability to pay the committed fine, or fine and costs.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER D—COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RELEASE","PART 571—RELEASE FROM CUSTODY","Subpart F—Fines and Costs"],"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":"2fe9b100e43db9b0466fe07715719857fb6042f5f6b9dfc1882f29bd1a897240","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-571.53","next":"us/28-cfr-571.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}