28 CFR § 552.14
Search of inmate housing and work areas
July 24, 2020
(a) Staff may search an inmate's housing and work area, and personal items contained within those areas, without notice to or prior approval from the inmate and without the inmate's presence.
(b) Staff conducting the search shall leave the housing or work area as nearly as practicable in its original order.
[45 FR 75134, Nov. 13, 1980. Redesignated at 56 FR 21036, May 6, 1991]