---
title: "Early Release Procedures Under 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e), Change Notice 3"
citation: "BOP PS 5331.02 CN-3 (May 7, 2026)"
authority_id: "AUTH-BOP-PS-5331-02-CN3"
authority_type: "policy"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "nonbinding_agency_policy"
official_url: "https://www2.fed.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5331_002_CN-3.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-BOP-PS-5331-02-CN3/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Early Release Procedures Under 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e), Change Notice 3

## Holding or rule used

Current public BOP RDAP early-release eligibility and provisional-reduction procedure.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate.

## Official source and pinpoints

BOP PS 5331.02 CN-3 (May 7, 2026), CN-3 and incorporated PS 5331.02: <https://www2.fed.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5331_002_CN-3.pdf>


## Used in

- [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md)