28 C.F.R. § 550.54

Incentives for RDAP participation

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(a) An inmate may receive incentives for his or her satisfactory participation in the RDAP. Institutions may offer the basic incentives described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Bureau-authorized institutions may also offer enhanced incentives as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.

(1) Basic incentives. (i) Limited financial awards, based upon the inmate's achievement/completion of program phases.

(ii) Consideration for the maximum period of time in a community-based treatment program, if the inmate is otherwise eligible.

(iii) Local institution incentives such as preferred living quarters or special recognition privileges.

(iv) Early release, if eligible under § 550.55.

(2) Enhanced incentives. (i) Tangible achievement awards as permitted by the Warden and allowed by the regulations governing personal property (see 28 CFR part 553).

(ii) Photographs of treatment ceremonies may be sent to the inmate's family.

(iii) Formal consideration for a nearer release transfer for medium and low security inmates.

(b) An inmate must meet his/her financial program responsibility obligations (see 28 CFR part 545) and GED responsibilities (see 28 CFR part 544) before being able to receive an incentive for his/her RDAP participation.

(c) If an inmate withdraws from or is otherwise removed from RDAP, that inmate may lose incentives he/she previously achieved.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: United States v. Kelvin Neal Jackson, 70 F.3d 874 (6th Cir. 1995).

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United States v. Kelvin Neal Jackson, 70 F.3d 874 (6th Cir. 1995). “See 28 C.F.R. § 550.54 (a)(l)(iii). In fact, those inmates who are sentenced or returned to custody as a violator after September 30, 1991, and who the sentencing judge has recommended participate in a drug abuse education course, must participate in such a program.”

United States v. Berkeley, 515 F. Supp. 2d 159 (D.D.C. 2007). “See 28 C.F.R. § 550.54 . In sum, the numerous deficiencies which Defendant alleges in Wood’s representation are simply not established by the evi-dentiary record in this case and he cannot meet the first prong of Strickland’s two-part test for assessing claims of ineffective…”

Romero v. United States (S.D.N.Y. 2023). · cites it 2× “28 C.F.R. § 550.54 . The authority to implement RDAP derives from 18 U.”

Socarras v. Warden, Coleman Low (Sumter) (M.D. Fla. 2025). “28 C.F.R. § 550.54 (a)(iv). “BOP possesses substantial discretion in determining who is eligible for early release upon completion of the drug treatment program and how early the release should be.”

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