---
title: "Sentence Computation Manual (CCCA of 1984)"
citation: "BOP PS 5880.28"
authority_id: "AUTH-BOP-PS-5880-28"
authority_type: "policy"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "nonbinding_agency_policy"
official_url: "https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5880_028.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-BOP-PS-5880-28/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Sentence Computation Manual (CCCA of 1984)

## Holding or rule used

BOP operational policy for current-law sentence computation.

## 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 5880.28, current public manual: <https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5880_028.pdf>


## Used in

- [BOP Designation, Sentence Commencement, Aggregation, and Prior-Custody Credit](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/designation-sentence-computation-and-prior-custody-credit.md)