MEMORANDUM
LEGG, Chief Judge.
When a Federal defendant receives a sentence of imprisonment, the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") selects the place of confinement. The BOP "may designate any available penal or correctional facility." 18 U.S.C. § 3621(b). Before December of 2002, the BOP frequently assigned prisoners facing short sentences to a community confinement center or a half-way house.
On December 20, 2002...
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